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The 3 km Pan American Masters Championships were held in the sea off Sarasota, Florida last week. Below are the champions, both male and female in each age group: Overall champions: Erin Black (22) USA 41:20 Ricardo Valdivia (49) USA 37:30 18 – 24 age group: Erin Black (22) USA 41:20 Leonel Montilla (24) Venezuela […]
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When endurance athletes think of Big Island destination city of Kailua-Kona, images of the Hawaiian Ironman stick out. 2.4 miles of ocean swimming, 180 miles of biking through hot lava fields, and a killer marathon run are what have made Kailua-Kona famous the world over. But Leahi Camacho just might have the personality, talent, passion,
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As he bounces around Great Britain and the European continent swimming in myriad open bodies of water, from frozen seashores to tranquil lakes, Colin Hill continues to make significant progress pushing the boundaries and public awareness of the sport. Apart from that working hard to make the Chillswim brand grow, he is organizing a variety
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Colin Hill is a man who lives on the edge, constantly pushing himself where very few have ventured. In a recent television filming of extreme sports high in the Austrian Alps, Hill faced danger swimming in extremely low temperatures alone in a lake without the benefit of escorts. On the face of it, danger lurked
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Colin Hill is a man on a mission. His mission is to promote, organize, explain, demonstrate, and explore the sport of open water swimming to the masses. Most recently, he found himself high in the Austrian Alps being filmed for a pilot television show on extreme sports. With the backdrop blanketed in white, Hill most
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Andrea Woodburn is an open water swimmer from Florida who has covered marathon swimming around the Caribbean. She has herself twice completed the 12.5-mile Swim Across Key West solo in Florida and most recently the Flowers International 10k Swim in the Cayman Islands, constantly in an upbeat mood and huge smile. She wrote about Penny
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Milko van Gool reported that Fergal Somerville completed the first North Channel crossing of this year in 12 hours 21 minutes on June 16th. While he started out fast and looked to threaten the record after the first 8 hours, he missed the men’s record of 11 hours 21 minutes set in 1970 by the
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Lewis Pugh was selected as the United Nations Environment Programme’s Patron for Oceans as he prepares to embark on an epic circumnavigation of the globe. Pugh, an ocean advocate, and a maritime lawyer from London, has seemingly done the impossible. In 2007 he swam across an open patch of sea at the North Pole to
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The 6th Asian Open Water Swimming Championships began this week and continues through June 22nd in Kapchagay City in Kazakhstan. Athletes from Hong Kong, Iran, Kazkahstan, Kyrgyztan, Oman, Syria, and Uzbekistan will take part in the 5 km and 10 km marathon swimming events. The previous Asian Open Water Swimming Championships were held in Oman
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