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Some marathon swimmers have discussed a new policy of declaring their swims assisted or unassisted prior to their swim. This is an admirable attempt in bringing uniformity and standardization across the globe in terms of how marathon swims are conducted in the established channels and lakes around the globe. But the issue of standardization get […]
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Walter Scott, a former Navy SEAL and attorney, will attempt to replicate Penny Palfrey‘s 40-mile (64 km) channel swim between Santa Barbara Island and the California mainland this weekend. To date, Palfrey has been the only person to complete this 64 km crossing. Under horrendous conditions, Palfrey completed the swim in 17 hours 53 minutes
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Video of Mo Siegel in the Tsugaru Channel (English Channel of the Far East) by Masayuki Moriya of Ocean-navi and the Tsugaru Channel Swimming Association. Copyright © 2013 by Open Water Swimming
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If Ice Swims were added to the Winter Olympics, what would Colin Hill do? Would he compete as an athlete representing Great Britain? Served on a boat as a referee? Lend his expertise as a Safety Delegate? Organize on behalf of FINA’s Technical Open Water Swimming Committee? Appear on television as a commentator? It may
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Cork Lions Club and the University College Cork, in association with the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and the World Open Water Swimming Association (WOWSA), are proud to present the 2013 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Cork, Ireland. A bevy of speakers from Europe to Africa will address myriad topics of environmental, scientific,
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When 1,400 tons of molasses accidentally leaked on September 9th from underneath a pier in Honolulu Harbor (near downtown Honolulu and only a few miles from Waikik Beach) to a tanker sitting offshore on the island of Oahu, there were all kinds of negative aftereffects. While not quite at the level of an oil spill,
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While professional marathon swimmers lead an idyllic open water swimming lifestyle, many of them also work either full- or part-time. While balancing a strict regimen of training and work, they take off as much time as possible in order to travel the world and compete on the professional marathon swimming circuits. The tradition of working
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Olympic medalists Jon Olsen and Jeremy Linn will host the kick-off open water swimming clinic in Islamorada, Florida for the inaugural 8-mile (12.8 km) Alligator Reef Lighthouse Swim. This ocean swim was first accomplished by Larry Herlth, also known as Lighthouse Larry. The renowned artist completed the first solo swim from Islamorada around the Alligator
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Mauricio Prieto hosted over 700 swimmers and their family and friends at the 6th edition Marnaton eDreams Cadaqués, a beautiful 6.5 km open water swim won by the husband-and-wife duo of Damián Blaum and Esther Nuñez Morera. Fresh off his first FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix world title and a grueling season of 8
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The Lake Toba 120 km Super Swim, part of the famous Lake Toba Festival in Indonesia, was conducted in 3 stages with teams of swimmers completing a 40 km relay each day between September 11th through 13th. The weather conditions the swimmers faced was challenging, but proved to be one of the great team marathon
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