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The ABCs of Open Water Swimming
Each sport has its own lexicon. Its specialized vernacular is well-known among its enthusiasts, but is an unknown shorthand among others. The same is true with open water swimming whose terminology is increasing as the sport continues to grow exponentially. Examples of the eclectic and esoteric terms of the sport include the following: A –
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How Copacabana Beach Changes Things In The Olympics
The next Olympic 10km Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games could showcase the world’s finest distance freestylers in front of 500,000 spectators on Copacabana Beach. The swimmers could include: * Sun Yang, China’s 400m and 1500m Olympic champion * Ryan Cochrane, Canada’s 1500m silver medalist * Katie Ledecky, America’s 800m Olympic champion All
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The 1-2-3 of Open Water Swimming
Many sports are about numbers from best times and records to the length of the field and batting averages. Open water swimming is no different with its DPS, SR, TTF, course distances, TOF and water temperatures. Here are a few: One-way: a swim in one direction across a channel, lake, river or other body of
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An Open Letter And Petition To FINA
Brent T. Rutemiller, Publisher of Swimming World Magazine, and Craig Lord, Publisher of SwimVortex, two significantly influential heavyweights in the world of aquatics, wrote a petition and are circulating it via Change.org to FINA board members. The petition can be signed and commented upon here. The petition reads as follows: Dear FINA Board Members: In
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Wool Swimsuits, How Cool!
Wool swimsuits cling to the skin and helped some swimmers feel warmer. Prior to the 1940s, swimsuits were generally made from wool before synthetic fibers became the de facto standard among swimsuit manufacturers. When Hollywood actresses like Joan Crawford, Loretta Young, Jean Harlow and Marlene Dietrich were seen with Lastex, a material that had first
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Swimming The Twins Looks So Cool
Raroia, or Raro-nuku, is an oval-shaped atoll in French Polynesia, located 740 km northeast of the elongated atoll Tahiti and 6 km (3.7 mi) southwest of Takume. Raroia and Takume atolls were called Napaite, “the Twins“, by the ancient Paumotu people. With fewer than 100 inhabitants on each of Raroia and Takume Atoll, the population
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Back In The Day…Swimming In The Dark In 1920
Tennessee native Eugene Thomas Bolden lived to be 92 years old living through World War I and World War II, and the invention of the motor vehicle and airplane to the microwave oven and personal computers. Bolden was a swimmer through and through. He swam where opportunities arose. In 1920, Bolden represented the United States
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Did They Swim Without Goggles?
In the 1929 £5000 Marathon swim in Lake Ontario, Toronto, Canada, 238 swimmers participated in a 15-mile race won by Edward Keating in 8 hours 19 minutes. It looks like some of them participated without goggles. You be the judge: watch here on British Pathe newsreel archives. Copyright © 2008 – 2014 by World Open
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Compliments In The Open Water Swimming World
“You’re an animal…” …is a great compliment for swimmers, either training or racing. But it is much less a compliment when stated to someone on land. “Conditions were terrible…” …is a credit to a swimmer’s ability to handle rough water conditions or extreme water temperatures. But it is much less a good thing when referring
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