Breaststroke Swim Rules In The Open Water
WOWSA proposed rules for breaststroke swimming in the open water.
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Backstroke Swim Rules In The Open Water
WOWSA proposed backstroke swim rules for the open water swimming community.
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Butterfly Swim Rules In The Open Water
With swimmers from Africa and Europe to the Americas, Oceania and Asia doing more and more non-freestyle swims in the open water, the issue of how to define butterfly, backstroke and breaststroke in the open water has been a topic in the global open water swimming community for some time.* Steven Munatones developed an initial
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Happy Medium of Distance and Speed
For professional open water swimmers competing at the highest level, the Olympic distance of 10 kilometers is their focus. However, as swimmers need to develop different skills and mindsets to reach their potential in the 10K, competing in 5K and 25K races may also be added into the mix. Both these distances are contested at
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SONY Make.Believe While Swimming
SONY launched its new waterproof MP3 player in Japan this past week as part of its Walkman W series: the SONY MP-3 NWD-W273. Awkwardly named NWD-W273, the device is available in black, blue and white with 4GB in memory. It has some advantages: it is 30% smaller than SONY’s previous forays into the waterproof MP-3
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Luciano Sales Rubio, Swimming Fast For 88 Kilometers
Luciano Sales Rubio of Argentina swam an average of 6.57 kilometers per hour for nearly 10 hours as he pushed a fast pace throughout the 19th annual 88 km Maratón Internacional Hernandarias – Parana. The race was held from the city Hernandarias to Paraná, Argentina down the Paraná River. After 9 hours 39 minutes, there
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Successful Swimming Strategies In The Far East
Not only are an unprecedented number of foreign swimmers from all over the world heading over to challenge themselves in the Tsugaru Channel, but Japanese swimmers and relays are also training in increasing numbers to swim between Honshu and Hokkaido. for this channel. Relays actually outnumber soloists. In our opinion, there is only one wise,
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Mally Richards Set The Bar 60 Times Over
Since 1947 the then-15-year-old Mally Richards participated in his first River Mile – and has been participating ever since in the oldest open water swim in Africa. Today, he is going to participate in his 60th edition. 60! Michael Zoetmulder will present Richards with a special certificate commemorating his unprecedented world record in the sport
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Report Jellyfish Stings In Ireland
The EcoJel Project is a 4-year project to assess the opportunities and detrimental impacts of jellyfish in the Irish Sea. Swimmers can report stings here by type (common, barrel, compass, blue jellyfish, Lion’s Mane jellyfish, Mauve stinger, Portuguese man o war, siphonophores, crystal jellyfish, sea gooseberry, comb jellyfish or salps), location, date, person stung (age
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Is Open Water Swimming An Endurance Sport?
The primary reasons for starting Openwaterpedia was for a few simple reasons: 1. Wikipedia encourages the addition of entries about people who are notable; but does not allow the addition of individuals who are not considered notable. While “notable” may be defined in many ways, we believe all open water swimmers are notable for their
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