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Ten months after receiving a shock of his life, American open water swimmer Gene Augustin set a record in Lake Cane, Orland of 39:22 for the 80-84 year age group. Lucky Meisenheimer commented, “Not bad considering he was receiving chemo just a few weeks ago.” Earlier this year in January, the 82-year-old Augustin was diagnosed […]
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The team members of the unprecedented, 6-day Bering Strait Swim relay, a 6-day 53-mile (86 km) stage relay crossing from Cape Dezhnev in Chukotka, Russia, to Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska, USA started at 4:24 p.m. on August 5th and finished at 4:52 p.m. on August 11th. The swimmers who swam in the 2-10°C
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Guinness World Records formally approved the 2001 swim by Martin Strel down the Danube when the Slovenian swam 504.5 km (313 miles) in 84 hours 10 minutes, as the world’s longest non-stop swim. Borut Strel recalls his father’s swim, “Martin was escorted by 4 kayakers working day and night shifts, a safety escort boat with
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Four endurance athletes have already registered for the first Sub-32 Marathon Club event held in Hong Kong. The Sub-32 Marathon Club, also known as Sub-3 Squared Club or Sub-3 x 2 Marathon Club is a group of endurance athletes who have swum a full 10 km marathon swim without a wetsuit, fins or paddles under
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The Economist will host the second World Ocean Summit on February 24th-26th, 2014 in Half Moon Bay, San Francisco. The purpose of the ocean sustainability summit is to discuss how economic growth and ocean conservation can be reconciled. “We are also delighted to announce that Ocean Recovery Alliance is an official supporting organisation for the
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The bar was raised by a team in California and may be raised yet again by a team in Israel. Udi Erell explains about the Cyprus Israel Relay Swim, an audacious 380 km (236-mile) attempt to swim from Cyprus to Israel, “We had to abort the swim about 2/3 of the way from Cyprus to
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According to the U.S. Masters Swimming rules, rule 101.3.3 allows swimmers to do one breaststroke kick per butterfly arm pull, although rule 101.3.2 states, “Both arms must be brought forward simultaneously over the water and pulled back simultaneously under the water throughout the race).” Specifically U.S. Masters Swimming rule 101.3.3 that governs kicking on butterfly
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The six men of the Cyprus-Israel Swim Team did their best to out-swim the oncoming storm, but they simply ran out of time before the storm caused them to stop their 380 km (236-mile) relay attempt from Limassol harbor in Cyprus to Israel. The swimmers include Udi Erell, Doron Amosi, Ben Enosh (shown on left),
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Joanna Cain is an energetic entrepreneur whose open water swimming aim is to achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. But her first attempt across the English Channel did not go to plan. Disappointed, but undaunted, Cain remains even more motivated to achieve her goals and explains her experiences and motivations. Daily News of
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After giving a very well-received presentation at the Royal Geographical Society in Hong Kong this week, Trent Grimsey is staying around this weekend for the 1st Hong Kong Southern District Beach Games at Repulse Bay on October 20th. Organized by Open Water Asia, the Games includes a Water Polo Tournament, The Five, a pier-to-pier swim
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