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It is going to be a toss-up in San Francisco Bay when several superstars clash in today’s RCP Tiburon Mile. Among the pre-race favorites, there are 2 Olympic silver medalists competing (Haley Anderson and Keri-Ann Payne), a 3-time Olympic gold medalist (Brooke Bennett), a world champion in team pursuit (Ashley Twichell), and one very, very […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bo Derek, the iconic star of the film 10, has joined the open water swimming world. 34 years after starring in 10, the 57-year-old recently attempted and completed a swim across the Hellespont in Turkey finishing sixth in her age group. Derek, who trained for a year, admitted the
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While open water swimmers, triathletes, divers, and water polo players do not believe donning swimsuit briefs is “dressing up in costumes”, land-based professional athletes do. The Anaheim Angels, a professional Major League Baseball team located near the Catalina Channel south of Los Angeles, annually haze their rookies and require them to dress up in costumes.
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Up until the mid-1960s, lifeguarding in Southern California was a male-exclusive profession. Women always flocked to the sandy coastlines of California. They were frequently featured in movies, commercials, and television programs. From Greta Andersen to Florence Chadwick, they confidently swam along the shores. They just were not charged with occupying the lifegurad stations that dots
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Leon Politano is the type of individual who makes the sport of swimming what it is. The Canadian swimming official is a masters coach who enjoys swimming himself. He was recognized this by the British Columbia Swim Coaches Association as the British Columbia Swim Official of the Year. But his hands and footprint are all
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Ashley Twichell had a summer of disappointment when she failed to qualify for the world championships as she had hoped, but she took some time off. That reassessment seems to have worked its magic at the RCP Tiburon Mile. “Yeah, its seems the third time is a charm. The first two times out here, I
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The RCP Tiburon Mile is part speed, parts stamina, and parts luck. The currents are never exactly known until the athletes are in mid-channel. When Ous Mellouli of Tunisia, Mateusz Sawrymowicz of Poland, and Kane Radford of New Zealand blasted out from Angel Island, they all had different plans in their minds. Three men, three
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The firemen of Long Beach took the long route from Catalina Island to the California mainland today and it was not easy. Led by Long Beach’s Curtis Bowman, fellow firefighters Mitch Berro, Keith Dixon, Mike Alger, Matt Gruneisen, and Kazu Miyahara rotated 30-minute shifts for over 11 hours under unexpectedly rough conditions across the Catalina
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Ridge Grimsey, the younger brother of Codie and Trent Grimsey, is carrying the banner for the Brothers Grimsey in this year’s extremely competitive RCP Tiburon Mile in San Francisco Bay. The Grimsey clan has always been competitive in the cool waters of San Francisco Bay in the 1 nautical mile race from Angel Island to
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