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Kara Robertson has put open water swimming on the map in Nevada in the middle of the American southwestern desert. Few open water swimming races in America have grown as rapidly as the Slam The Dam event in Las Vegas. But because the event is held on Lake Mead National Recreation Area, the U.S. federal […]
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Tanya MacLean works for an environmental consulting company by day and enjoys swimming with her Southern California teammates throughout the year, including her recent unexpectedly long Anacapa Island swim off the coast of Santa Barbara in California. Whether she does a channel swim or a local shoreline race, MacLean is nearly always found smiling. We
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Upon reaching shore and touching terra firma, Tanya MacLean remarked, “I actually feel pretty good.” For those who train with and know MacLean well, it was a perfect summary of her character as she struggled – and enjoyed – a tough channel swim of 11 hours 41 minutes from Anacapa Island to the California coastline.
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Listening to a live band, stretched out on a grass field under sunny skies with the San Francisco skyline and the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance, the swimmers of the RCP Tiburon Mile were certainly enjoying their post-race conversations. Like many other competitive mass participation events, the hectic start, the cool waters, the lateral
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If you would like to see a replay of the RCP Tiburon Mile courtesy of Take It Live here. Watch Mateusz Sawrymowicz out-duel Ous Mellouli and Kane Radford to win the US$10,000 winner-take-all cash prize and catch Ashley Twichell out-sprint Olympians Haley Anderson and Keri-Anne Payne. Photo of the start of the elite field in
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It was heart-breaking. Nature took its course and pushed Walter Scott off of his intended one. 20 hours 47 minutes after starting on Santa Barbara Island and despite making significant progress to the California mainland, Walter Scott hit some bad currents and appeared to be swimming parallel to his goal as he approached the California
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World 10 km champion Poliana Okimoto is on a roll. After medaling in 3 events at the 2013 FINA World Championships, garnering a gold, silver, and bronze, she is continuing her winning ways on the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit. But it was not easy. Okimoto came home first in 1 hour 52
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Alan Jay Morrison completed a 7.5-mile marathon swim doing breaststroke from Sandy Hook in New Jersey to Coney Island Beach in Brooklyn, New York. Lynn Sherr reports, “Alan was aiming to replicate the record set in 1879 by Captain Matthew Webb’s crossing from Sandy Hook to Manhattan Beach. Alas, the tides turned and the currents
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Brian Ryckeman and Trent Grimsey, two of the fastest open water swimmers in the world, will head towards The Clean Half and The Five events in Hong Kong in October to share their expertise and passion for the sport. The professional marathon swimming duo who have long raced against each other from Asia to Europe
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