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While climate change has occasionally been a controversial topic among those in the fringes of the American political spectrum, insurance companies, international agencies, and multi-national corporations have deducted that extreme weather – and the massive rains and floods that often come with it – is an inevitability rather than a possibility. From Nigeria to New […]
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It has been many years since an American president has congratulated an open water swimmer. President Reagan, himself a former swimmer and lifeguard, was extremely complimentary to Lynne Cox after her swim between Russia and Alaska in 1987. And President Obama, a decent body surfer who is comfortable in the ocean due to his upbringing
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When we saw this recent t-shirt with the likeness of President Nelson Mandela, it brought memories of the controversial President Obama t-shirts of the 2008 Big Shoulders event in Chicago. Prior to 2008, controversies in open water swimming tended to center itself over drug testing, high-tech suits, and length of feeding sticks. Now controversies in
“All my best races are in the sea,” explains Olympian Brian Ryckeman. “There, I always feel in my element.” He certainly looks comfortable and relaxed in the open water whether the conditions are calm or rough, especially at today’s season-ending Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli. The tall professional swimmer from Belgium swings his arms methodically over
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High expectations were met today when Italy’s Martina Grimaldi ended up the 2013 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix where she always intends: in front and on top. She closed out the FINA season with two hard-fought victories: last week at the 30 km Ohrid Lake Swimming Marathon and today at the 36 km Maratona
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We were the first to admit that we thought a solo swim, an Xtreme Dream by Diana Nyad from Cuba to Florida was impossible. No way, no how. It could not be done. There were just way too many obstacles for her to overcome. A list of reasons why the swim could not be done
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As a child living in Florida, Diana Nyad first sowed the seeds of her improbable dream of swimming across the Strait of Florida. After her first disappointment in 1978 when she was fished far from her goal after 42 hours in the water, Nyad relentlessly kept her dream alive. She finally realized it today with
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Diana Nyad is tantalizing close to realizing her life-long dream of swimming from Cuba to Florida across the Gulf Stream and Strait of Florida. While the media will extensively cover her tremendous effort over her estimated 53-54 hour solo swim, what is most impressive to us is how she ultimately overcame her daily doubts, punishing
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Damián Blaum grimaced and struggled throughout the 2013 season, but he always finished with a smile. Especially he just won the overall title in the 2013 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix after a season-long ability to swim consistently well in warm rivers, cold lakes, rough seas, and turbulent tropics. But the personable Argentinean won
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Olga Kozydub was disappointed in the last two races where she lost close battles to Martina Grimaldi, but it was enough to dominate the 2013 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix title with 111 points. Her consistency over the 8-race season in rivers (Rosario, Santa Fe, and Parana in Argetina), lakes (Memprhemagog and lac St-Jean
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