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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
While open water swimming events are being added to the Olympics, Special Olympics World Summer Games, the Universiade, and in events held throughout thousands of cities and coastal towns around the world, the IPC Swimming World Championships being currently held in Montreal, Canada elected not to include an open water swimming event. We believe that […]
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At the quadrennial International Symposium on Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming, there are all kinds of fascinating findings and powerful presentations on swimming. The next Symposium will be held April 28th to May 4th, 2014 in Canberra, Australia. Abstracts of 350 words are being accepted through October 30th, 2013. Further information on abstract submission can
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Daniel Pagés, the Technical Director of Swim the Costa Brava, has a lifelong relationship with the water. At the age of 4 in Badalona (Barcelona), he began swimming in the same pools where Spanish Olympic medalist Mireia Belmonte also trained. He soon joined the competitive swimming club where he spent he developed into a national
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After the 16th hour, it was decision-time for Anna Wardley and her crew on her quest to become the first person to swim around island of Tiree off the west coast of Scotland. 54,720 strokes into the unprecedented swim as part of her Five Island Swim Challenge and she figures that the total number will
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Okinawa, a tropical archipelago of beautiful islands located between the southern island of Kyushu in Japan and Taiwan, is the land of many athletic contests. And the locals start off young. They participate in festivals that include everything from ocean swims and lifeguard contests to marathon runs and triathlons. One such island, Tonakijima Island (渡名喜島)
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In 1994 when Dr. Otto Thaning went to England to swim the English Channel. “I remember going down to the post office to send him a telegram,” said Lewis Pugh. “To wish him luck. This coming week, I will be tweeting and Facebooking it live. How times have changed.” This week, Dr. Thaning is now
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Adam Walker became the first British male to complete a crossing of the 19.7 km Tsugaru Channel in Japan with today’s 15 hour 31 minute traverse from Honshu to Hokkaido. Walker has now completed 5 of the 7 channels of the Oceans Seven: English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Molokai Channel, Catalina Channel, and now the
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Emily von Jentzen will begin her 70-mile (112.6 km) solo marathon swim across Canyon Ferry Lake in Helena, Montana at 3:30 am next Sunday. The 29-year-old swimmer expects her unprecedented attempt will take her between 40-44 hours of non-stop swimming. That is whole lotta swimming in many hours of darkness. But the full-time attorney is
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Check out 24 minutes into this PBS special on Venom: Nature’s Killer for a detailed explanation what happens during a jellyfish sting with human blood cells. Dr. Angel Yanagihara explains the painful physiological processes here. Copyright © 2013 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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A channel swimmer struggling onto shore… …a close race among open water swimmers in a photo finish. …two competitors simultaneously body surfing down a huge wave to close out a race. …an ocean swimmer railroading down massive swells far from land. …a whale breaching in the ocean. …a perfect hand-off of hydration between coach on
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