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Swimming and endurance sports fans and spectators can watch Chloë McCardel swim 16 hours non-stop live here. Husband Paul McQueeney explains, “Chloë will attempt the world-first indoor swim of 16 hours non-stop in a free-standing ‘swim spa’ that will be streamed live via the Internet from midnight January 31st AEDT. Chloë will swim the equivalent […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. English Channel swimmer Luke Birch and his friend Jamie Sparks finished a 2-man row across the Atlantic Ocean in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge yesterday. The two buddies took 54 days 5 hours and 56 minutes and raised over £200k raised for Breast Cancer Care. “Thanks to hundreds of
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Jaring Timmerman is the world’s oldest masters pool swimmer. At the age of 104 with four world records to his credit, he competes in the 100-104 division. But there is apparently no stopping him as he turns 105 years in February. “I will be the only that will have a world record at 105 because
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Word on the shoreline has it that the Batalla de Rande is coming back for its third edition in 2014. The 27 km swim, that owes its name to the battle that took place in 1702 in the channel, is between the islands of Cíes de Vigo and San Simón in Spain. The Asociación Deportiva
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Romina Imwinkelried from San Jerónimo Norte, Argentina is a young swimmer who qualified for this weekend’s 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda after being invited to the Sprint Race in the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix event in 2013. Photo of Romina Imwinkelried by Luis Gudino of The Coastline. Copyright ©
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The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) announced that two Floridians, Jon Erikson of Boca Raton and Sandra Bucha of Bradenton, will be inducted into the ISHOF’s Class of 2014 as Open Water Swimmers. The American marathon swimming pair will join 13 other athletes, coaches and contributors from the FINA-governed aquatic sports into the ISHOF
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The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) announced that two Floridians, Sandra Bucha of Bradenton and Jon Erikson of Boca Raton, will be inducted into the ISHOF’s Class of 2014 as Open Water Swimmers. They will join 13 other athletes, coaches and contributors from the FINA-governed aquatic sports into the ISHOF Class of 2014 from
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John West is one of the most active FINA open water swimming officials. Seen throughout Asia, Oceania, the Americas and Europe, West serves as a referee, Safety Delegate, clinician and TOWSC committee member. West will be working with Samuel Greetham and José Veloso at the 41st Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda. At the
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It is extremely rare that a highly placed government official, especially a Minister of Sport, is on a feeding station helping hydrate a professional marathon swimmer. But the venerable Petar Stoychev has lived an extraordinarily unusual life. This weekend, Stoychev found himself in Rosario, Argentina where he once competed as an athlete. But this time,
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Simone Ercoli won the shortened Maratón Acuática Internactional Ciudad de Rosario in Rosario, Argentina over his 3 Italian teammates. The final results of the 7.2 km professional race this past Sunday: 1. Simone Ercoli (Italy) 1:15:08 2. Mario Sanzullo (Italy) 1:15:19 (shown above) 3. Andrea Volpini (Italy) 1:15:28 4. Edoardo Stochino (Italy) 1:15:43 5. Damián
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