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Dara Flowers-Burke works hand-in-hand with her father and founder of the Flowers Sea Swim. Her role is a part of her DNA; her operational and public relations responsibilities are complimentary to the vision of her father. But she found herself 8 and a half months pregnant during this year’s Flowers Sea Swim. With her daughter […]
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The 3rd Turkey Open Water Swimming Championships are being held today in the Gulf of Izmir. In two weeks, the Van Denizi Su Sporları Şenlikleri water sports festival with open water swimming competitions will be held on June 29th and 30th in Van Sea (Van Denizi). Interestingly, Van Sea was previously known as Van Lake
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The 2013 Spanish Open Water Swimming Championships (XVI CTO. ESPAÑA DE AGUAS ABIERTAS “OPEN SELECTIVO XV CTO. DEL MUNDO BARCELONA 2013 PRUEBA TEST) are being held in the Port of Barcelona this weekend with the 10 km on Sunday and the 5 km on Sunday. Additional races include the Youth 5 km, the Junior 7.5
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Adrian O’Connor of Cloghane, Co Kerry in Ireland is taking to the water with a deep passion. And it is paying off huge dividends. Nine years ago, the former Gaelic football player had a terrible accident at the age of 28. He hit his head on the pavement when he tripped walking back to his
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Martina Grimaldi won the Italian National Open Water Swimming Championships in the 5 km event in addition to her earlier 10 km victory. On the men’s side, Federico Vanelli on in another close race. The winners are selected to represent Italy at the upcoming World Championships in Barcelona. While the 5 km and 10 km
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Triple Olympic medalist Megan Jendrick has done nearly everything in the swimming world, from age-group swimming to standing on top of the Olympic podium. But she is going to do her first open water swim in her life. And there couldn’t be a better place for her introduction to sea swimming. The Seattle (Washington) resident
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The 3,000-mile Great Atlantic Swim is a continuous stage swim to be attempted in 2014 by well-known British adventure swimmer Ben Fogle, a television presenter, adventurer and writer who travels the world. The course of The Great Atlantic Swim is more than 3,000 miles from America to Cornwall. Fogle will swim solo and will support
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Lieutenant Ryan Ballance, a firefighter for over 22 years and a former water polo player and swimmer, participated in this week’s Pan American Masters Championships in Sarasota, Florida. In the warm coastal waters of western Florida, the 3 km championship race had 6 waves along a 1 km triangle course with an onshore start. “The
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Gábor Molnár, an open water swimmer from Hungary who trains with the hard-core in Cork, Ireland, successfully completed his second solo marathon swim down the River Körös in 4 hours 18 minutes. It was his 20.48 km swim down the River Körös in eastern Hungary. “It was mostly a sunny day as I was escorted
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Because the Fraserburg Dam is dry this year, the Ice swim Africa is moving to the Aquila Game Reserve, an outdoor pool by the game water hole. The swim will take place in the 35m outdoor pool where the water to expected to be sub-5CºC (41ºF). “The International Ice Swimming Association allows for an ice
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