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In a preliminary investigation of what is allowed and what is not allowed in solo swims across the Straits of Florida, we found the information below. While dozens have tried since 1950, there have only been three swimmers who made it from shore to shore (Walter Poenisch, Susie Maroney, and Diana Nyad) and three swimmers […]
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The Interior Savings Across The Lake Swim (ATLS) is the longest running open water swimming event in Canada. The point-to-point swim that began in 1949 is a 2.1 km swim from the Old Ferry Docks in West Kelowna to Hot Sands Beach in City Park Kelowna in British Columbia. Annually held in July, it is
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Thomas Lurz, and his female counterpart Emily Brunemann, will most likely wrap up their titles on the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup professional circuit today. This will be a season-ending swim for the German superstar that saw him dominate the series at the age of 33 years. In addition to the 10 km race
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For the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics, a two-step qualification process was used to select the 25 finalists for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim. It appears the same process – that resulted in dozens of countries being represented in the Olympic marathon swim – will also be used to select the 25
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The initial information from Hong Kong stated that Martina Grimaldi won the 2013 FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup series based on her second-place finish at the final race in Hong Kong. Based on Grimaldi’s finish, she just barely was able to outpoint American Emily Brunemann who had led the series going into the last
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If there is a global center to hardening, Russia has got to be one of the world’s centers. Like Wimbledon for tennis or Tokyo for sumo, Tyumen is one of the world’s acknowledged epicenters for winter swimming. The entry forms for the Tyumen Winter Swimming Open Cup in Озеро Чемпионов (Lake of Champions) in Tyumen,
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Talk about a full schedule. Martina Grimaldi of Italy not only won the 2013 FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup series, but she also competed on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit and finished third overall. Combined with her domestic races in Italy and her tough 2013 FINA World Championship schedule in Barcelona,
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When Poliana Okimoto won this morning’s FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Hong Kong, she made it a double victory for Brazil. With Samuel Menegon De Bona’s victory on the men’s side, Okimoto’s win on the women’s side made it all the more sweeter for the Brazilian team and their fans. Okimoto and
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After the euphoria of winning the bronze medal at the 2013 FINA World Championships with teammates Allan do Carmo and Poliana Okimoto, Samuel Menegon De Bona of Brazil was on a high. His smile was brighter than normal, his training was better. With the next Summer Olympics in his native country, the personable Brazilian has
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Romain Beraud made it close, really close…but like most races this season, Thomas Lurz of Germany pulled out the victory on the 2013 FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup season. Before the season-ending race in Hong Kong, Thomas Lurz held a sizable point lead over Beraud 92 to 68, but Beraud certainly made it interesting
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