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In 2014, race directors of triathlons sanctioned by USA Triathlon are now be required to submit a detailed swim course report after each sanctioned race via the event reporting tool through the USA Triathlon sanction database. Starting April 1st, race directors will submit the report online with the rest of post race deliverables, due 15 […]
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Next month is the bi-annual World Championships of winter swimming, which will be held in Rovaniemi, in the arctic north of Finland. Big Chill Swim organisers Colin Hill and Steph Cox will compete and will also promote the 2015 Big Chill Swim in a bid to further expand the event and continue to attract international
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Less than 24 hours after Chad Ho (shown with white swim cap) and Troy Prinsloo (shown with multi-colored cap) went stroke-for-stroke in an epic aQuellé Midmar Mile, the two South African rivals returned to the Midmar Dam and renewed their increasingly frequent mano-a-mano battles again. This time, Ho and Prinsloo faced off at the 10
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Michelle Weber was the first South African swimmer to finish the aQuellé Midmar Mile yesterday – as she was at the 2012 FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming 5 km Championships in Canada. Open water swimming is becoming a good way to see the world. Compliments of 5-hour Energy, the 17-year-old will be flown over
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When you have over 15,000 people coming through the finish chute, how does the timing company, awards presenters and volunteers organized everyone? At the point-to-point aQuellé Midmar Mile in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, there is a huge finish tent where swimmers file through their specific chutes according to their proper age and gender. Volunteers take their
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Copyright © 2014 of aerial HD video of the aQuellé Midmar Mile, produced by RC HELICAM with a quadcopter
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Ashley Twichell of the U.S.A. (lead swimmer) and Keri-Anne Payne of Great Britain (drafting swimmer) met for the third year in a row at the aQuellé Midmar Mile today. “I just wanted to stick to Ashley as much as I could and see how close I could get to her because I know she’s got
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Germán Vaché reported the female finishes at the 88 km Maratón Hernandarias-Paraná in Argentina. The second FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix leg is held annually on the river Paraná between the cities of Hernandarias and Paraná. It is the longest marathon swim in the world and part of the Quini 6 series together with
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Germán Vaché reported the finishes at the 88 km Maratón Hernandarias-Paraná in Argentina. On the men’s side, Ivan Afanevich captured his first FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix, pulling off a mild upset of note. 1° Ivan Afanevich (Russia) 9:20:38 2° Saleh Mohammad (Syria) 9:22:42 3° Tomi Stefanovski (Macedonia) 9:26:55 4° Tsvetan Yordanov (Bulgaria) 9:27:02
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Chad Ho (left) and Troy Prinsloo (right) went stroke-for-stroke, culminating in the closest race ever at the aQuellé Midmar Mile. “Hats off to Troy for pushing me the whole way,” said Ho. “Congrats to Chad. It was a great swim,” said Prinsloo. “I knew it would be tough coming into the race and obviously it’s
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