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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
The Sheko Challenge and Trisolothon is highlighted in a great video produced by race director Doug Woodring. 200+ athletes participated in the 9th annual festival of ocean swimming, mountain running, solo paddling and trisolothon, all in the name of sport and ocean protection. Ocean Recovery Alliance’s cause of plastic pollution reduction is one of the […]
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In order to cover and promote the sport of open water swimming, we have flown over 2.6 million air miles – or over 104 complete circumnavigations of the Planet Earth. We have boarded hundreds, if not thousands, of airplanes and am eternally grateful for the safe arrival of all our flights. We love being upgraded
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Every swimmer remembers the feeling of finishing an open water swim, especially a marathon swim, competitive race, or channel crossing. The feeling is great. But what happens afterwards? We asked Kimberly Chambers who just completed her fourth channel of the Oceans Seven across the Catalina Channel yesterday as she sat at her work office less
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Phil White announced that “every dog has her day.” A 3-year-old brown labrador named Guri Bosch has registered and qualified for the first canine crossing attempt of Lake Willoughby on August 17th. “Cleared by her vet, she completed her 2.5 mile qualifying swim. She swam from The Clubhouse out to Cove Island and back. Her
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Les premiers nageurs du Canada sauteront à l’eau samedi quand la compétition en eau libre débutera aux championnats du monde de la FINA à Barcelone. Philippe Guertin, de Montréal, et Eric Hedlin, de Victoria, se rendront à Moll de la Fusta pour la course masculine de5 kilomètres à 7h, HE. Ils seront les premiers concurrents
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With the Italian team stacked, the American team confident, the German team strong, and the Russian team coming back, it is hard to imagine another team breaking into the highest echelon of international open water swimming. But Canada has that potential. Often overlooked, Canada is primed for breakout performances in the open water events beginning
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Greek Olympian Spyridon Gianniotis is a racer, a competitor, an athlete with a huge heart. And his heart is going to be pounding like a hummingbird moves its wings next week. Along with his rival Thomas Lurz, Gianniotis will have a full slate in Barcelona at the 2013 FINA World Championships. First the 5 km
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The sporting media talks about how crowded the racing schedule is of Ryan Lochte and the number of events that his American teammate Missy Franklin will swim at the upcoming 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona. These pool swimming superstars are highly respected and deeply admired for being able to race so well and so
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Relays in the pool and running relays are easy to understand. The pool swimmers can only dive in once their teammate has touched the wall. The runner proceed once they have exchanged a baton. But what about swimming relays? What are the rules of exchanges (change-overs or takeovers) between swimmers on a relay? Like many
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The women’s 5 km competition is the opening race on the 2013 FINA World Championships swim schedule and the American team’s eyes will be on their Olympic medalist teammate Haley Anderson. The personable, ever-smiling, cool, and always composed young woman thrives under pressure. As the co-captain of the USC swim team, she is accustomed to
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