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Margarita Llorens Bagur completed the 39.8 km (21.3 nautical miles) Menorca Channel (Canal de Menorca) that stretches between the Balearic islands of Menorca and Mallorca in the Mediterranean Sea. She completed the swim in 12 hours 23 minutes in 2012, just off the world record currently held by Teresa Planas set in 2011 in 12 […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Richard Weinberger emerged as another one of the Canadian long distance freestyle swimming stars over the past few years. Along with Ryan Cochrane who captured a silver in the 1500m pool event, Weinburger was the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim bronze medalist as he hung with Ous Mellouli and Thomas
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Vasanti Niemz reminded us of a long-standing records in the marathon swimming world. “I still remember vividly when Mohamed Marouf and the Egyptian national open water swimming team came to swim in Lake Zürich for the International Self-Transcendence Marathon-Schwimmen. We felt so honoured to have such a huge professional
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When a child gazes upon the ocean and sees his mother or father swimming in the open water, sometimes struggling, what can he possibly be thinking? Is dad cold? Is mom tired? Is dad hungry? Will mom make it? Possibly in some cases, but more likely the child is thinking that swimming in the open
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854 swimmers took to the waters around Watson Island at the Miami Yacht Club at the World Open Water Swimming Association-sanctioned Swim Miami race. It was eye-opening celebration of fitness and fun for swimmers of all ages and abilities including Jana Mangimelli and Ronald Santos (10 km), Luane Rowe and Blake O Woodrow (5 km),
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Kim Rubino won the Seal Beach Rough Water Swim in 1993.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. March Madness is coming to an end with the Final Four taking place in Atlanta this weekend. The collegiate experience and nature of college students at NCAA Championships is always exciting and compellingly competitive. The NCAA oversees dozens of sports and has held an NCAA Men’s Swimming Championships in
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Le Club Aquatique LaSalle Aquatic Club is preparing its swimmers for the short summer season in Canada even now. “We are doing more distance freestyle swims like the 2500m, 5000m and 10,000m pool swims that we have planned,” said head coach Mohamed Marouf. “We started a few years ago with only 2 swimmers participating in
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Today, one of the largest open water swims in America is held. Swim Miami Presented by Nike will entertain over 800 swimmers, triathletes and weekend warriors will take over Watson Island for a number of distances a 10 km race. Race Director Jonathan Strauss says “The event keeps growing every year because we make the
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Although the Epiphany Swimming for the Holy Cross of Honour started in the 1920’s between the first and second World Wars, warfare and political circumstances led to its postponement for several decades. The years of war stopped its organization in Serbia. Then after winning the battle against Fascism, the former Communist regime of President Josip
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