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When Ireland’s Stephen Redmond does not finish a swim, you can guarantee a few things: (1) nature was beastly, and (2) plans are immediately hatched for a rematch or another swim. In yesterday’s Ireland to Wales charity swim attempt, safety was the better part of valor. “Unfortunately we had to call off the swim in […]
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Elaine Howley of the Massachusetts Open Water Swimming Association provided this detailed perspective of Mo Siegel‘s swim across America’s Channel. At 6:36 am on August 17th, 61-year-old Mo Siegel of Piermont, New York, splashed into the water off White Horse Beach in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Long rays of early morning sunshine glinted off the dune houses
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With Alex Meyer in the mix at the 19.5 km BCT Gdynia Marathon in Poland, someone is going to have to be mighty smart to defeat the Harvard University graduate. In his last race after 25 km and nearly 5 hours, he battled head-to-head with Thomas Lurz at the FINA World Championships, only to come
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As a professional marathon swimmer, Christine Jennings has an endless summer as she travels from beach to beach, qualification races to the World Championships, and several invitational events in between. This week, the American from Colorado finds himself at the 19.5 km BCT Gdynia Marathon, a pro-am event in Poland. The event is organised and
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Dr. Josip Aralica and his 16-year-old daughter Lucija, will swim the 38th annual Faros Maratón together. Josip has already completed the 16 km Faros Maratón twice and it will be Lucija’s first attempt. But Lucija is training with Olympic marathon swimming coach Slaven Šitić. “She will try to beat her father. But the way she
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Many great open water swimmers will be vying for the US$10,000 first prize at the BCT Gdynia Marathon in Poland, the 19.5 km marathon swim in Poland. Won by Petar Stoychev and Christine Jennings in 2012, the field is even better this year. One of the darkhorses according to Tomasz Pąchalski is Jose Luis Larrosa
Jose Luis Larrosa, Darkhorse At BCT Gdynia Marathon Read More »
Glen Christiansen nearly died this winter. The Swedish Olympian collapsed while walking down a flight of stairs and was given only a 30% chance to live by the doctors who treated him. At the very least, Christiansen was most probably going to be mentally incapacitated for the rest of his life. But miracles happen. And
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Tragedy reportedly struck the Vejle Fjord Swim in Denmark on Sunday when a swimmer passed away during an open water swim on the Danish Swimming Federation calendar. The event was a 1.400 km crossing of Vejle Fjord. The Federation is among those investigating the causes as well as circumstances and safety procedures that surrounded and
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The Night Train Swimmers have motored down from San Francisco Bay to their starting point at Gaviota State Park near Santa Barbara, California and are ready to go for a 3 pm start tomorrow. All systems are a go for their world record attempt and massive charity swim effort. Along the way of their planned
Blue And White And Perhaps Red All Over Read More »