Adam Walker Goes Up And Down Across Tsugaru Channel
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Brian Ryckeman Wins Maratona Del Golfo Capri-Napoli
“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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Shark Encounter Leaves A Tooth In Charlotte Brynn
Shark Encounter Leaves A Tooth In Charlotte Brynn Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the movie Jaws, Quint (a battle-toughened grizzled shark hunter played by Robert Shaw), Hooper (an experienced oceanographer played by Richard Dreyfuss), and Brody (a mild-mannered police chief played by Roy Scheider) had a discussion and a famous scene where they
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Bar Coding In Japan
Timing chips on the ankles or transponders on the wrist, or just plain old-fashioned black numbers on the shoulders are various ways for race directors to keep track of the position and timing of athletes in open water swimming competitions. But at the Japan International Open Water Swimming Association events, bar codes are used. The
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Last Man Standing
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When we travel around the world in the global open water swimming community, we find the greatest cheers are often reserved for the last person, the slowest swimmer in the competition. We love this form of healthy respect and generous support about the sport of open water swimming. Swimmers
Swimming & Open Water
T-shirts, polo shirts, swimsuits, swim caps seen on shorelines around the world call attention to innumerable swimming clubs, pods, teams, associations, and events. The Sports Field team of Tokyo has a nice little slogan on the back of its team attire. Kaoru Yamanaka, a top-ranked Japanese open water swimmer, wears it well. Copyright © 2013
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Kaoru Yamanaka Wins Japan Masters Open Water Swim
“It was a little cold and very rough in the middle of the course,” said 25-year-old Kaoru Yamanaka of Tokyo who won the International Masters Open Water Swim in Yumigahara Beach in Shizuoka, Japan. Fresh off of her second-place finish in the Japan National Open Water Swimming Championships where her goggles were kicked off early
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Angel Yanagihara Explains About Jellyfish
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Martina Grimaldi, Karla Šitić Close Out FINA Grand Prix 1-2
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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Diana Nyad Goes For 5th Attempt From Cuba To Florida
Diana Nyad has started on her fifth attempt across the Florida Straits. Follow her 103-mile attempt as are CNN, CBS, and a wide host of media outlets around the world here. Her 35-member escort crew is providing regular updates, but she knows that the sunset will bring box jellyfish up from the depths. If her
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