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FINA President Dr. Julio C. Maglione presented his report to the FINA Bureau in advance of the upcoming FINA World Championships. Among his topics to the decision-making FINA Bureau, FINA established that the maximum temperature of water for FINA-sanctioned open water swimming competitions will be 31°C (87.8ºF). This rule follows a study carried out by […]
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At the upcoming FINA World Championships starting next week in Barcelona, there is going to be many battles that are strategic and tactical. New stars will emerge and up-and-comers will arrive. But if there is one race that will more than likely showcase the pre-race favorites, it will be the men’s 5 km race. While
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While most American universities have stopped requiring its college students to prove they can swim for graduation, Japan has stayed true to its traditions. The academic requirements have not changed in the Far East. Japanese universities still require its students to demonstrate their aquatic abilities for academic credit. And it is not just swimming back
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Margarita Tita Llorens Begur will begin her Cross Channel Ibiza-Mallorca Challenge (Cruce Canal Ibiza-Mallorca) at 5 pm on July 23rd. Her attempt is an 83 km (51.5 mile) crossing from Ibiza to Mallorca in the Mediterranean Sea. She previously completed the Menorca Channel (Canal de Menorca) that stretches between the Balearic islands of Menorca and
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Alex Kostich is a Vice President at Sony Pictures Studios. On a daily basis, he develops the creative advertising and marketing campaigns for films distributed globally by Sony Pictures International. But before and after his stressful day at work in Culver City, California, he trains in a local pool. On the weekends, he is often
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Sandra Bergquist from Minnesota finished a close third to Karen Zemlin and Jen Schumacher in the 27-mile (43 km) Extreme North Dakota Watersports Endurance Test (END-WET) in 7 hours 1 minutes and was more than pleased with the organization. “The folks at END Racing are a great bunch of people. The effort they put into
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Dan Projansky just seems invincible. He certainly just cannot get enough butterfly in. After completing the inaugural 27-mile (43 km) Extreme North Dakota Watersports Endurance Test or END-WET all butterfly last year in 14 hours 30 minutes, Projansky was back in the Mighty Red River between Grand Forks, North Dakota and Oslo, Minnesota this past
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Michelle Macy became the third person in history to achieve the Oceans Seven today. Her 6-year journey started in 2007 with a 10 hour 2 minute crossing of the English Channel followed by a 10 hour 12 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel in 2008 and another English Channel crossing in 2009 in 11 hours
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. He woke up before the crack of dawn and started to sweat. Every time, he woke up, he started to sweat. What he was about to embark on was always risky. Illegal and risky. But he had to swim in the Charles River, a slow-moving meandering river that emptied
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Why Are Two Boats Used To Cross The Tsugaru Channel? Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “Way back in 1990 when Steven Munatones crossed the Tsugaru Channel, he used 2 escort boats,” explained Yuko Matsuzaki of the Tsugaru Channel Swimming Association and daughter of the former director of the Japanese Coast Guard. “While each major
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