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What A Cool Idea: Individualized SafeSwimmer™ Floats

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What A Cool Idea: Individualized SafeSwimmer™ Floats Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bruce Wigo, CEO of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, started producing and offering the extremely useful and easy-to-tow swim floats for open water swimmers in 2010. Proceeds from the SafeSwimmer™ Float support the programs and initiatives of the International Swimming Hall […]

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Marathoning Matrimony – A Deeply Emotional Embrace

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A hug between husband and wife is one common expression of love and devotion. But when Pilar Geijo and her husband/coach Diego Tricárico hug at the end of a marathon swim, there is so much emotion, relief, pride and love involved in their embrace. Especially when Pilar puts forward an outstanding effort like she did

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Basic Instincts In The Water

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We are anxious to try out FINIS’ new ergonomically advanced Instinct Paddles in the open water. We know the Instinct Paddles help swimmers feel for the right palm-positive hand position while sculling in the pool. Like its older cousin, the Agility Paddles, the strapless design of the Instinct Paddles can heighten stroke awareness and emphasize

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Karen Weir Knows No Bounds In The Open Water

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Karen Weir of Paisley, Scotland swam as a child, but only in the last few years have she returned to her aquatic roots. “In 2010, my brother asked if I wanted to do the Great Scottish Swim with him.” She has not stopped since, swimming in many locations throughout Scotland, England, Ireland and Australia. “Along

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Strange Sharks Of Sagami

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Sagami Bay sits off 40 km east of Tokyo, Japan within site of Mount Fuji. The area is a convenient location for deep-sea shark research. Because of its depths and very high biodiversity, it is a major study site of marine biologists from the University of Tokyo and the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and

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Missing Swimmer Found In The Midmar Dam

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The body of Herman “Thabo” van Straten was finally found in the Midmar Dam several days after he disappeared during the 2014 aQuellé Midmar Mile last Saturday. Officials found his body 800 meters from the start of the race in the middle of the course. Van Straten had started in the third heat on Saturday,

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Great Plans For The Great Lake Swim

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Jamie Patrick is quietly, patiently and diligently training for his unprecedented solo swim across Lake Michigan where he plans to swim 50% further than the legendary 60-mile professional marathon race between Abdul Latif Abou Heif and Ted Erikson in 1963. His goal: a 90-mile (144.8 km) solo crossing of Lake Michigan called the Great Lake

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Balance, Power And Serenity In The Open Water

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Bruckner Chase will speak twice at the Endurance Sports Expo, the largest cycling, running and triathlon exposition in the United States on February 22nd and 23rd at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. The FINIS representative will introduce open water swimming to the endurance athletes called Open Water Big 3 – Balance, Power,

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Andreína Pérez Leads Venezuela In South American Games

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2008 Olympic marathon swimmer Andreína del Valle Pinto Pérez will lead the Venezuelan team to the South American Games (Juegos Suramericanos) in Chile on March 7th to 18th. Andreína is part of a unique duo in the elite marathon swimming world. Andreína placed ninth in the 2008 Olympic 10 km Marathon Swim in Beijing while

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Preparing For Antartica

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In order to prepare for their upcoming Antarctic swim, South Africans Toks Viviers, Andrew Chin, Ryan Stramrood, Kieron Palframan, Gavin Pike and Ram Barkai are training hard. “We are doing sea swimming in colder temperatures and doing a cold ice baths,” explains Barkai. “We are sponsored by a big fish factory and they use salt

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What A Cool Idea: Individualized SafeSwimmer™ Floats

Marathoning Matrimony – A Deeply Emotional Embrace

Basic Instincts In The Water

Karen Weir Knows No Bounds In The Open Water

Strange Sharks Of Sagami

Missing Swimmer Found In The Midmar Dam

Great Plans For The Great Lake Swim

Balance, Power And Serenity In The Open Water

Andreína Pérez Leads Venezuela In South American Games

Preparing For Antartica