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Dokdo lies between the Korean peninsula and the Japanese archipelago. The islands are considered an unalterable, irrefutable part of Korea according to the Korean government and people. And the same position is held by the Japanese government. Korean singer Kim Jang-Hoon and teammates from the Korea National Sport University proved their point the hard way. […]
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The Associated Press and various news outlets issued information on the rare black jellyfish that recently surfaced on the Southern California near-coastal waters and beaches from Laguna Beach to San Diego. The Associated Press report on the large, venomous jellyfish is here. The black jellyfish is one of many creatures in the world’s oceans that
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In Bocas del Toro on Bastimentos Island in Panama, Dan Beeman will host the first 4-mile International Panama Distance Aquatic Challenge. It is a charity swim on behalf of the Bocas Educational Service Organization that serves the youth of Bocas del Toro. Swimmers will be joined by kayakers, canoers, stand-up paddlers, sailors, and boaters from
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The next time you run into that clump of seaweed or get tangled in kelp, you may want to rub it on your skin. Go to a Japanese home, eat in a sushi bar, or eat a salad in Asia, and you are also bound to run headlong into the green (or brown or red)
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Baywatch was one of the most popular American television shows during the 1990s. The show was syndicated worldwide and featured David Hasselhoff and openwater swimmer Alexandra Paul. The TV series portrayed a cadre of attractive lifeguards who patrolled a crowded recreational beach and encountered all kinds of situations. Paul
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Rob Madell finished his 10-mile swim at the Kingdom Swim in 5 hours 53 minutes. The 71-year-old has been swimming since he was on his high school and college swim teams where he first competed at 50 yards and 100 yards. After my freshman year in college, I switched to long distance which in those
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Stephen Redmond of Ireland made history last year by becoming the first human in history to complete the Oceans Seven. Anna Carin Nordin of Sweden became the first woman to achieve the Oceans Seven with her crossing of the North Channel earlier today. In a typically mighty struggle across the North Channel from Scotland to
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Dr. Lyle Nalli was surprised when his hearing went out after he hopped out of workout one day. “I just couldn’t hear with my left ear,” said the 53-year-old podiatrist from Huntington Beach, California. “I got out of the pool and thought there was water in my ear. It would not go away. I thought
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Dover, Windermere, the Serpentine, Henley. The centre of the global open water swimming community, the British Isles is the place to be. From north to south, from east to west, from winter to summer, from the Channel Islands to Sandycove, from wild swims to channel swims, swimmers of all ages and abilities have innumerable opportunities
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Feodor Orlov traveled from his home in Dublin, Ohio to the Northeast Kingdom in Vermont to participate in the inaugural World 10 Mile Swimming Championship. After pushing NCAA All-American Eric Nilsson with all he had, we asked the young 17-year-old about his experience at the 16.2 km Kingdom Swim: Daily News of Open Water Swimming:
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