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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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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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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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NBC40.net Extraordinary open water swims by individuals of all ages and abilities touch us all the time. Their efforts are absolutely inspirational. These people are unbelievable role models of dedication, focus and commitment. But rarely has a group of individuals who are supportive of open water swimmers touched us as much as the visionary people
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For the second time in its history, a swimmer was feared dead after failing to complete this weekend’s aQuellé Midmar Mile. In 2011, 45-year-old Nico Mellet died in the first fatality during the Midmar Mile, the worlds largest competitive open water swim. 16,996 individuals entered the 41st edition this past weekend, but 43-year-old Herman “Thabo”
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Josie Lim of Agence France-Presse photographed a 1.5-meter jellyfish that washed up on a beach near Hobart in Tasmania.
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Suzie Dods outdid herself. Which is not easy to do for one of the world’s most active marathon swimmers who volunteers and escorts to help other like-minded open water swimmers. But she did with her inaugural 24-hour Swim Relay in San Francisco, California inspired by the 24 Heures La Tuque professional relay of the 1960s
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Terence Parkin is a special person. “I sat right next to him throughout the weekend,” said Ashley Twichell, winner of the aQuellé Midmar Mile. “He is a very genuine, humble, friendly guy.” Parkin was born in Zimbabwe and won the silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the 200m breaststroke. He used sign language
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Photo of Keri-Anne Payne courtesy of Anthony Grote/Gameplan Media.
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Photo of Ashley Twichell courtesy of Anthony Grote/Gameplan Media. Notice Twichell’s five-digit race number on her swim cap.
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