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Lake Balaton in Hungary will be site of the 5 km, 5 km Team Pursuit, 10 km and 25 km open water races and the high diving competition at the 2021 FINA World Championships and the 2021 FINA Masters Swimming Championships. Lake Balaton is located 120 km away from the pool and water polo competitions […]
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Who said this? It’s Where I Am Home Courtesy of WOWSA, Southern Ocean, Antarctica. “It gives me something that nothing else does – that rush, a sense of belonging. It’s where I am home. It is my release, my stage. It’s the place I feel like I’m made for.” It was none of the world-class
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The Gar Woods Grill & Pier in Lake Tahoe, California offers a Polar Bear Swim that is something much more than a simple dip in the high-altitude, low-temperature alpine lake. The March 1st event is in its 25th year and is held in Carnelian Bay as part of the annual North Lake Tahoe SnowFest. The
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Hazel Haynes is a passionate and visionary pool and open water swimming coach from Trinidad & Tobago. She coaches the Tidal Wave Aquatics of Trinidad & Tobago and served as the Technical Director for the Trinidad and Tobago at the CARIFTA Swimming Championships. “Our swimmers have consistently and proudly represented the club in local and
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The Sydney Skinny event creator Nigel Marsh has used swimming over the past decade to lead a happier, healthier and more joyous life. Marsh started swimming by struggling to swim 25 meters in an ocean pool, but 10 years later he uses ocean swims like Bondi to Bronte or the Cole Classic as a seasonal
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Some athletes will go to extreme lengths to live the open water swimming lifestyle. Singapore-based architect Dymitr Malcew may have just designed the right house for those destined to be one with the water. Malcew explains about the boat house, “[It is a] concept project investigating idea of living on the water. The floating structure
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Open water swimmers are fully aware of the danger of sharks, jellyfish, orcas, sea snakes, needlefish, giant squid, polar bears, leopard seals, hippos and piranha. They also know about the dangers of swimming with alligators and crocodiles. Found in many rivers and lakes in Africa and in the southern parts of the United States, these
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Biathle or modern biathlon is a sub-sport of modern pentathlon that was created as training and racing opportunities for the run and swim parts of pentathlon. Biathle is an event that involves a run, swim, and run. The legs are raced with continuous transitions as in a triathlon. The race length is usually 200m swim
The top 5 results from the Swimming Australia Open Water Swimming Championships Eastern Beach in Geelong. The event also served the selection event for the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Championships Team that will compete against the Japanese, Americans, Canadians, New Zealanders and others in Hawaii this September: Photo shows Emily Seymour who won the 17-18
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