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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
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Glen Christiansen of Noes Papa got back into the swim of things at the 2.5 km Hamburger Freiwasserschwimmen race this weekend in Hamburg, Germany: 1. Glen Christiansen 35:00.93 2. Florian Bunn 36:12.16 3. Florian Tropp 36:28.58 4. Dirk Lehsten 37:20.03 5. Britta Grabow 37:58.54 6. Frank Rauchfuß 38:01.92 7. Heiko Hünnefeld 38:03.41 8. Rita Acampora
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Italian world champion and Olympic medalist Martina Grimaldi had a great dual with her Russian rival Olga Kozydub at the 34 km Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog in Canada. But Grimaldi uncharacteristically took a wrong turn and lost the FINA Grand Prix event in the last 25 meters of a 34 km marathon. Kozydub took
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When swimmers travel around the world, they can sometimes be in difficult situations when they do not speak the language of the race director or their escort pilot and crew. But somehow through body language, pointing, and drawing pictures, they make themselves understood. Left, right, straight ahead…these are easy concepts to communicate. He is feeling
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Stephen Redmond hear the sounds in the Molokai Channel. Numerous others have heard similar sounds in the Strait of Gibraltar and across the Catalina Channel during their channel swimmers. The sounds of the whales were captured and explained here. Now if jellyfish also whistled, alerting swimmers to their whereabouts, this form of communication would be
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Hydration stations (feeding stations) take all forms in the open water swimming world from floating pontoons to tables on the shore. But few match the unique beauty of the hydration station at the Mana Fiji SwimFest 10 km. After swimmers follows the swim course over shallow reefs, over drop-offs, and across deeper channels around a
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Over the last few years, the open water swimming world has seen a rash of retirements from some of the finest athletes to ever ply their skills in oceans, seas, and lakes. Edith van Dyke of the Netherlands, Larisa Ilchenko of Russia, Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria, Natalie du Toit of South Africa, and Maarten van
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With the spots filling up for the Across Øresund Swim, an 8 km crossing between Denmark and Sweden, event director Manne Sådär Lorentzon looked back at the pioneers of Øresundssvømning. Sally Bauer was one of those pioneers. A national-level pool swimmer who set 17 Swedish national freestyle records between 1934 and 1937, she is perhaps
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6 hours into a channel swim. Not quite to the halfway point in an open water swim. A few hours before dawn on a night swim. Hours of fighting against relentless whitecaps. These are all times and situations where many open water swimmers hit their low point. This is where swimmers hit the infamous witching
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