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As a complementary race to the 14.5 km Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim held in October in Hong Kong, race director Doug Woodring started the 15 km Cold Half in February when the water temperature drops. This year, in order to make the travel to Hong Kong even more enticing for international swimmers, he is […]
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At this evening’s sprint race at the Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog, the most impressive thing about the professional marathon swimmers was their sense of calm and camaraderie. With the skies opening up with rain and lightening bolts striking down from the clouds, the young clan of competitors simply hunkered down in the tent area
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Adrian Sarchet is a 38-year-old solicitor and open water swimmer from Guernsey, one of the British Channel Islands. After completing his second Oceans Seven channel, as well as a circumnavigation around Guernsey, his smiles seem to go on and on. “I’m a Guernseyman who swam as a child, but who then discovered rugby and beer
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Tiago Sato is a 31-year-old physical education teacher and swimming teacher in Brasilia. And he forcibly puts himself in some difficult and interesting situations in order to achieve his ultra marathon swimming goals. “I started to swim these open water swimming competitions when I was 18 years old. I completed the English Channel in 2010
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After a week of gorgeous weather with sunny skies, perfect air temperatures, and cooling breezes, the weather at the Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog suddenly turned rainy. With the rain, came questions about lightening. What about lightening? What happens if lightening strikes? “Everyone out!” explains Daniel Leduc, the FINA Delegate assigned to the Traversée Internationale
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When there is talk about swimming in summer, sometimes the truth in advertising takes a hit. On right is an ad from Tokyo Summerland, a water park in Japan’s largest city, one of the most populous in the world. Below is Tokyo Summerland’s wave pool on a typical summer day. Can you find those 3
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Donal Buckley calls this year’s 14ºC (57ºF) water temperatures in the North Channel “unrealistically and possibly not likely to be repeated for a generation.” And swimmers are taking advantage of those once-in-a-generation conditions. From America’s Michelle Macy (9 hours 34 minutes) and Sweden’s Anne Carin Nordin (14 hours 21 minutes) to the Netherland’s Milko van
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If there is a professional marathon swimmer who has the potential to push Martina Grimaldi at the 34 km Traversée internationale du lac Memphrémagog this Saturday, it is young Olga Kozydub from Miass, Russia. On only her second year on the pro tour, the 21-year-old Kozydub is rapidly coming into her own especially off of
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“The 34 km Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog will take about 7 hours for the men and about 20 minutes more for the women,” explains Patricia Desgagne of Endurance Aventure. But this year, the pace in the long lake in Québec may be faster than in year’s past, especially since Canadian open water swimming hero
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“We love adventure. We look for adventure racing organizers and produce television shows about our events,” says Daniel Poirier of Endurance Adventure about the 34 km Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog. It will take about 7 hours for the men and about 20 minutes slower for the women in the Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog.
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