To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
More than 1,000 children and a 150 volunteers on Repulse Bay Beach in Hong Kong spectacularly formed a human aerial art spectacular as part of Kids Ocean Day in the form of a shark with a detached fin. The children then moved in unison to re-attach the fin, symbolizing the improved health of the ocean […]
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Australia’s Rhys Mainstone and 2-time Olympian Melissa Gorman were part of something good. Very very good. Back in January earlier in 2013, they won $15,000 for their victories in the 10 km race at the inaugural BHP Billiton Aquatic Open Water Event in Perth, Australia. Now the Swim the Swan event – an event for
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After winning overall female division two years running in the Swim Around Key West and finishing third in the inaugural Cape Circumnavigation Challenge, Katie Scott has revealed to herself what she wants to do. “I found that open water is something I love to do and I want to expand my experiences and distances, but
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The King and Queen of the Sea Challenge on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil offers nearly everything. It offers an interesting and challenging ocean course, live television coverage, public exposure, a competitive elite field for both professionals and amateurs, age-group and fitness swimmer heats, convenient hotel accommodations, 50-meter pools for pre-race training,
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The 15th FINA World Championships, held in Barcelona, Spain from July 19th to August 4th were the most watched competition in the FINA history. The total TV audience was almost 4.5 billion viewers worldwide. According to independent Kantar Media, the FINA World Championships reached a total of 4.487 billion viewers distributed over live programming, Sports
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In the excitement of 1,000 children and 150 volunteers creating spectacular human aerial art on Repulse Bay Beach in Hong Kong today, Adrian, Ryan and Liina took the time to pick up a bunch of discarded plastic from the shoreline. They created a Rainbow Trash-Wheel to demonstrate one of the goals of Kids Ocean Day:
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More than 1,000 children and 150 volunteers created spectacular human aerial art on Repulse Bay Beach in Hong Kong today as part of Kids Ocean Day. The group coordinated themselves and formed a shark with a detached fin. Then they moved in unison to re-attach the fin, symbolizing the improved health of the ocean environment.
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The Danish Swimming Federation, Dansk Svømmeunion, announced on October 25th that criminal charges will not be filed in the drowning death that occurred during an open water swimming competition in August. The local police have ruled an accident when a 52-year-old woman drowned during the Vejle Fjord Svøm. But the tragedy in the 1.4 km
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It is occasionally stated in speeches and written in books that the national sport of Egypt is marathon swimming. While it is true that channel swimmers of the 1950s were sponsored by individuals in the Egyptian government and Abdul Latif About Heif was revered for his professional marathon swimming victories, the primary sport of interest
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With the growth of open water swimming around the world, there are also a growing number of governing bodies, associations, sanctioning body and federations that are being founded to oversee solo swims, races and relays across local open bodies of water in their area. What organizations have the priority? What organizations are the “real” governing
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