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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
We do not know what professional marathon swimmer George Park was thinking when a large shark approached him during a 1968 swim off the state of Rhode Island, but it is always interesting to ask open water swimmers what they think while they are in the open water. Based on my own experiences and inquiries, […]
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“I love coming to work every day, but I wouldn’t call is work. My life has been enriched from being here, I am blessed,” says coach Richard Shoulberg of the Germantown Academy. Alicia Aemsigger of Princeton University warmly describes Coach Shoulberg, “He cares about us as swimmers, but he cares more about us as people.”
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Scenario: It is a close and competitive race where two athletes are sprinting into the finish, or swimming fast towards a turn buoy or a feeding station. They are swimming side-by-side and occasionally bumping into one another. One athlete starts to veer off towards the other athlete in a non-direct line towards the finish, the
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In some delayed news…Cheetah, the chimpanzee companion of Tarzan (played by International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame athlete Johnny Weissmuller), passed away on December 17th last year. Cheetah was believed to be at least 80 years old when he experienced kidney failure. Cheetah played the comic sidekick to Tarzan in films between 1932 and 1934.
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Nuala Moore on her ice swimming experience in 0ºC inside the Arctic Circle explains and explores much here. When speaking with ice swimmers and learning how they are able to push themselves so far in such cold conditions, as they accept the environment in which they willingly put themselves, we begin to realize how many
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Daniel Fogg took the mantle back to Great Britain in Cozumel when he won a tremendous battle in Mexico at yesterday’s stage on the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup marathon swimming circuit. The Mexican stage on the pro circuit on the stunning island of Cozumel lived up to its billing. The race gave those
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Martina Grimaldi won a tremendous battle in an sea of strong currents in Cozumel on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico at yesterday’s stage on the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup marathon swimming circuit. The Mexican stop on the absolutely stunning island of Cozumel lived up to its billing. The race gave those who won
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The overall winners of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim on Oahu in Hawaii include some very impressive ocean swimmers including legendary Olympic gold medalist sprinter Jim Montgomery. There have been many great races over the history of the event that inspired the swim leg of the Hawaii Ironman. In 1991
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Standing in the midst of hundreds of masters swimmers, fitness swimmers, and competitive swimmers on Kaimana Beach at the start of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim on several occasions has been James ‘Jim’ Gaughran. There is not much to distinguish Gaughran from his fellow ocean swimmers decked out in his Speedos, swim cap and goggles swinging
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“…I accept dying…” says the protagonist Stephen Redmond. “It has sharks, it has squid, it has currents, it has waves, it has tides, so this fits the model of Oceans Seven very well…” says its creator Steven Munatones. “…never trust the water…you find it’s a companion…but it’s a dangerous friend…” is how the waterways of
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