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Rhys Mainstone traveled across the Australian continent and across the Tasman Sea to take on his training mate Kane Radford on Radford’s home turf at the State La Grande Swim. The two 23-year-olds quickly established themselves in the front of the pack and went head-to-head throughout the 2.8 km round at the New Zealand Ocean […]
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Matt Drew is a 40-year-old open water swimmer from Glasgow, Scotland. He has completed an English Channel relay and an end-to-end swim across Coniston Water as well as participated in the Scottish Gas Scottish Open Water Swimming Championships, Scottish Masters and the Ye Amphibious Ancients Bathing Association mile swim. “I love swimming in the lochs
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The world’s oldest race director was also the world’s oldest competitive winter swimmer. Dr. Ladislav Nicek, the oldest member of the Czech Swimming Federation and the TJ Lokomotiva Olomouc Winter Swimming Team who passed away in 2011 at the age of 97, also organized the Czech Winter Swimming Championships (Český pohár v zimním plavání) until
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When we watch the different sports at the Winter Olympics, we see athletes who are daring and dedicated, athletic and artistic, entertaining and exciting. They are a delight to watch as these Winter Olympians inspire and surprise us with their athleticism and hard work. We could not imagine ourselves ski jumping or snowboard crossing or
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Down Under, there is no one more accomplished in the competitive open water world than 2-time Olympian Melissa Gorman. She will compete in Saturday’s State La Grande Swim in Akaroa, New Zealand. There’ll also be much interest in the women’s race with the first appearance of the summer of former world 5 km champion Gorman.
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The Cold Half and Cold Standard races in Hong Kong, organized by Open Water Asia, includes a 14 km extreme marathon swim from Stanley to Repulse Bay by 50 solo and relay swimmers on February 15th. The Cold Standard involves swimming the Cold Half solo (timing at the 10 km mark) and then running a
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The Cala Montgó Swim Festival has something for everyone. The event includes a 100m children’s swim, a 1.5 km swim, a relay, a 3 km swim, a 6 km swim, the 12 km Cala Montgó marathon swim, a concert, and swim camps. Organized by Culture Sport, the 3-day, 5-race event in Torroella de Montgrí in
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Jonathan Strauss announced the launch of the new 2014 Get Stoked Tour. “We have created events in 4 locations throughout the United States where athletes can swim, paddle and skate,” explains Strauss who also organizes Swim Miami. “We will be in Branson, Atlanta, Charlotte, and Portland. It brings 3 adventure lifestyle sports together in one
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A film directed and filmed by Thiago Da Costa and Timothy Wheeler about Diana Nyad‘s swim from Cuba to Florida with appearances by Forrest Nelson, Barbara Held, John Bartlett, Dr. Angel Yanagihara, Steven Munatones, Tamay Ozgokmen and Luke Tipple.
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