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Clarence Giles was a 41-year-old livestock auctioneer who completed the longest distance covered in a continuous open water swim back in 1939. He traversed 288 miles from Billings to Glendive, Montana swimming, floating, and navigating his way down the Yellowstone River in 71 hours 3 minutes. In terms of distance, he broke the records of […]
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A MARATHON SWIMMING CLASSIC Tomi Stefanovski of Macedonia unexpectedly won the 59th edition of the Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Roberval, Québec, Canada today. On the same day that open water senior statesman Thomas Lurz won the world 25 km championship in Barcelona, Stefanovski similarly won one for the old guys in Canada. The
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Add it up — 45 km of racing against the world’s best — and Thomas Lurz proved why he was the best. While not quite Spitzonian or Phelps-like, never in the history of aquatic sports has anyone raced in such close proximity to their competitors over such long distances and been so successful. It was
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There could not be a better day in Roberval, Quebec for the 59th annual Traversee internationale du lac St-Jean. The 32 km marathon swimming classic combines unique pomp and circumstance with heartfelt grass roots enthusiasm. 25 athletes from the Americas and Europe chugged across lac St-Jean as many of the greats in open water swimming
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Jason Malick swam around Absecon Island as a throwback to the Around the Island Swim that was pioneered in 1953 by a friendly bet between two lifeguards. Captain Stewart Rosen of the Metamorphisis and kayaker Jeff Wildonger left Gardner’s Basin as Malick rode the ebb tide out into the Atlantic Ocean passing by the grand
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BARCELONA – Richard Weinberger is using a near-miss as motivation for a second chance to win a medal at the FINA World Championships in Barcelona. Weinberger fell 0.7 seconds short of bronze in Monday’s 10-km open water marathon. The Olympic bronze medallist settled for fifth after missing a turning buoy that cost him several seconds
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BARCELONE – Richard Weinberger utilise une course presque ratée comme motivation pour une deuxième chance de gagner une médaille aux championnats du monde de la FINA à Barcelone. Weinberger a raté par 0,7 de seconde la médaille de bronze dans le marathon de 10km en eau libre de lundi. Le médaillé olympique de bronze s’est
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At the FINA Masters Extraordinary Congress in Barcelona, FINA essentially reiterated its decisions regarding water temperature ranges. For FINA-sanctioned races, the water temperature must be between 18° and 31°C. While we believe that the 31°C temperature maximum is much too high for elite competitors in 5 km, 10 km, and 25 km competitions, we most
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Hercules Troy Prinsloo of South Africa was not satisfied with his performance on the 10 km at the 2013 FINA World Championships. “Ya had a terrible race. I missed 2 feeds and just fell behind the pack. The pace was really fast and I just struggled to get into a comfortable pace,” the two-time South
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