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The Ecuadorian Swimming Federation (Federación Ecuatoriana de Natación or FENA) announced its national teams for the 2014 South American Games (X Juegos Suramericanos) in Santiago, Chile starting later this week. Among the open water swimming team are Ivan Enderica Ochoa, Santiago Enderica and supporting teammate Esteban Enderica Salgado who will be competing in the pool. […]
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The Gar Woods Grill & Pier in Lake Tahoe, California hosted its 25th annual Polar Bear Swim in the high-altitude, low-temperature Lake Tahoe in Carnelian Bay as part of the annual North Lake Tahoe SnowFest. The 250-yard Gar Woods Polar Bear Swim drew a boisterous crowd. At an altitude of 6,229 feet (1,898m), water temperatures
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15 swimmers between 24 and 61 years will attempt an extreme Swim For Hope tomorrow around Cape Point in South Africa. Fewer than 25 people in the history have successfully completed the 8 km rounding of Cape Point (also known as Cape of Storms). Since the first swim by Lynne Cox in 1979, swims have
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Anna Wardley is no sooner dry than she begins planning her next adventure. Relentlessly optimistic and endlessly energetic with a hugely bright swile, Wardley is teaming up with the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust to host the 2014 Solent Swim Challenge. Wardley and the Trust are looking for swimmers to swim 2.5 nautical miles from the
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Open water swimmers are multi-dimensional and multi-talented. They do all kinds of interesting things on terra firma. Greg O’Connor is a research scientist in addition to being an ice swimmer and marathon swimmer. Pat Gallant-Charette started a global movement with the Swim for your Heart, a yearly global swim event to bring an awareness of
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Dennis Miller of Fiji who was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 2013, was recently appointed as a member of the Executive Committee of the FINA Bureau – one of the highest positions that can be obtained within the FINA Family. Miller was appointed along with South Africa’s Sam Ramsamy and
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Israeli race director Hadar Ben Dror created an introductory video for the 2014 FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Eilat, Israel between August 28th-30th. “We are waiting for you…” The future Olympic and world championship stars are showcased at the FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships. There are are two different age
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From Acapulco on its west coast to Cancún on its east coast and many places between, Mexico is fast becoming an international gathering spot for elite international competitions. This weekend, the FINA Bureau announced that the 2016 FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships will be held Guadalajara, Mexico. Under the active and visionary leadership
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Tony Scalabrino is a 74-year-young engineer and world-class weatherman. “Tony is still the go-to man for plotting new routes and deciding on weather conditions for ocean swims,” explains Theodore Yach about the former karate specialist-turned-escort pilot. “His technical research over the years has saved swimmers many extra hours. For example, in the early 1980’s he
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Getting out of the pool is usually not a chore for competitive swimmers, but when getting out of the pool involves deck-ups, then things change. Deck-ups during a main set or a sprint set are not easy. Deck-ups, coined by Tower 26 coach Gerry Rodrigues, can be incorporated into pool training sets where swimmers pull
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