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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Whether you swim in a lake, ocean, sea, river or outdoor pool, sometimes we just look up and breathe and catch glimpses of remarkable natural beauty. Whether in the slow-moving Charles River that flows through Cambridge and Boston or out in Sun Valley with ski runs in the background at the Zenergy Pool in Idaho, […]
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Quiero Sonreír…I Want to Smile Courtesy of WOWSA, Mexico City. Mariel Hawley completed her English translation of her fascinating Spanish-language book Días Azules (Water Days). The book covers many events in her life from her record-setting four-way relay crossing of the English Channel with Jorge Urreta, Luis Pineyro, Omar Díaz González, Alejandro Moreno and Mayalen
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Many people procrastinate on land, but ask an open water swimmer to accomplish something in the water…and things happen in advance. Sometimes far, far in advance. Training gets done early. Organizing an event or a support team gets done many months in advance. And in the case of biologist Wallace J Nichols, Ph.D., he always
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It is not often an open water swimmer starts a global movement, but Ram Barkai and his colleagues at the International Ice Swimming Association have certainly done so. Throughout Europe and North America, from Africa to South America, swimmers are plunging in extreme cold and pushing themselves beyond what anyone thought possibly in the previous
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The Daily Mail writes about Sean Conway here.
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Attempting to swim across the Straits of Florida takes courage and resources that few swimmers possess. With escort boats, regular feeds and an experienced crew, the stretch of water from Cuba to Florida is mind-boggling daunting. But trying to traverse the Straits of Florida in a boat with two buddies as described by mixed martial
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John Brenkus is one of the most effective and entertaining educators in all sports throughout the United States. His medium is television and his artistry is an intersection of sport and science. He is an Ironman triathlete and an open water swimmer who completed the 12.6-mile Distance Swim Challenge from Manhattan Beach to Santa Monica
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Penny Palfrey, Bernie Laverty and Michael Hanisch completed an unprecedented 11 km swim from Palm Bay on Long Island to South Molle Island and then to Daydream Island. Daydream Island is one of seven islands of the Molle Group, part of the Whitsunday Islands in Queensland, Australia. It was
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Anne-Marie Ward, the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, interviewed with Priority Sports about her intensive training and the focus it takes when swimming in 2°C water in Alaska while showing off her local training spot off the coast of County Donegal, North West Ireland. Anne Marie Ward is shown at the
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Mateusz Sawrymowicz, Reprezentował Polskę na Olimpiadach w Pekinie i Londynie. Mistrz Świata z 2007 roku na 1500m w stylu dowolnym. Obecnie trenuje w klubie Trojan Swim Club na University of Southern California, U.S.C. w Los Angeles. Zwycięzca RCP Tiburon Mile, (nagroda US $10,000) 29 Września 2013. W wyścigu tym pokonał Ousa Mellouli. Za wygranie RCP
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