open water swimming
X Campeonato Nacional Interclubes De Aguas Abiertas
The 10th Colombia Open Water Swimming National Championships (X Campeonato Nacional Interclubes de Aguas Abiertas) were held in Cartagena, Colombia where Club EPM won the overall team championships last week. Teams came from all over Colombia including 124 swimmers from Antioquia, Atlántico, Bogotá, Bolívar, Guajira, Norte de Santander and Valle where the athletes competed in
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Metsi Open Water Swim Series In Marina Martinique
Round 2 of The Metsi Open Water Swim Series at Marina Martinique in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa was held yesterday in South Africa under pleasantly sunny conditions and quite comfortable 22ºC water temperatures. The 5 km race kicked off the event where Chris Reid, Daniel Jones and Byron Lockett tangled up in an exciting head-to-head
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Did You Receive Your Blue Letter?
Pádraig Mallon is a man always up for a new challenge. In ‘Step out of the Ordinary – Challenge yourself‘ event, he shares his passion to test himself with others via a new Camlough Lake Water Festival (CLWF) project. The program encourages individuals to step out and challenge themselves. The event closed on October 31st
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Ecuador Dominates Open Water In 7th Bolivar Games
The XVII Juegos Bolivarianos (17th Bolivar Games) are being held in Trujillo, Peru between November 15th-30th. The 5 km and 10 km open water swimming events were held in Puerto Salaverry last week where Ecuador swept the gold medals on both the men’s and women’s side. In the 10 km event, Ecuador’s Samantha Arevalo (shown
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Phil White Takes Law Into The Open Water
With a legal career that was as successful as it was respectful with the good of society at its core, Phil White was at a crossroads in his life. Ultimately, he could not shake the open water world and shifted gears from a legal career to an event management one with open water swimming at
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A Champion Mindset Through And Through
When Thomas Lurz just barely touched out Brian Ryckeman, and Martina Grimaldi did the same to Angela Maurer in the FINA World Championships in Barcelona, the fantastic 25 km world championship race spelled the end of an era. For nearly 20 years in the water and another 24 years on land, Australian Shelley Taylor-Smith has
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You Are A Newbie Swimmer If…
You know you are part of an emerging global force of swimmers if you… 1. first learned of open water swimming through Facebook or Twitter 2. bought your first pair of goggles and they were polarized 2. use the term hypoxic instead of lungbusters 3. have 3 different types of hand paddles, pull buoys and
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Be Safe, Swim With The Polizia
A familiar sight at the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit, the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit, and other international competitions is the crimson colors of the Gruppo sportivo della Polizia di Stato. Top Italian professional marathon swimmers – supported by a professional coaching staff – like Simone Ercoli, Edoardo Stochino, Andrea
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What’re The Odds Of Ned Denison, One In Several Hundreds
Ned Denison is nominated for the 2013 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year, yet there was one swim that he will remember for all time: his December 30th, 2012 crossing of False Bay from Rooi Els to Miller’s point in 11 hours 5 minutes. This was a crossing of False Bay in South
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