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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
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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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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Chris Kraus, Rick Gaenzle and Brian Ross consist of a unique 3-man relay team based out of the marathon swimming hotbed of Connecticut in the United States. In addition to their successful relays across the North Channel (Ireland-Scotland), Strait of Gibraltar (Spain-Morocco), and the English Channel (England-France), they will attempt their fourth Oceans Seven challenge
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Two In A Million – Superior Swimming By Dennis And Dewey Courtesy of WOWSA, Lake Superior. Back on April 7th 1942, Dennis and Dewey Million were born 3 months premature. But the Million twins were little fighters from the day they were born. Unfortunately, they both lost most of their vision during their time in
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Stroke for stroke, head to head, went Kane Radford, Phillip Ryan and Josh Richardson at today’s State Le Grande Swim, the fourth round of the State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series. Radford won by one second over Auckland’s Phillip Ryan with Queensland’s Josh Richardson third, 13 seconds back. The race was tight right from the
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She nearly did it in last year’s RCP Tiburon Mile in San Francisco Bay – pulling off a rare win against professional elite men. And in today’s State Le Grande Swim in Akaroa, New Zealand, Melissa Gorman battled against the best in a neck-and-neck battle. While Kane Radford won a close race over Phillip Ryan
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From Florida to California, from the United Nations to the Queen Mary, the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and World Open Water Swimming Association has held its ceremonies in various locations from the West Coast to the East Coast in the US. For the first time in its history since 1961, the International Marathon
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Published in the year 1696 and authored by Thomas Moette, ‘L’Art de Nager‘, a rare early book on swimming, was recently translated in English. The artwork is magnificent and directly speaks to the sport of open water swimming (rough water swimming) as opposed to swimming in the neat, tranquil, rectangular course in a swimming pool.
Paul Asmuth has seen it all in the open water, from local swims in Lake Berryesa and masters world championships to professional marathon swims, solo swims and English Channel crossings. Over the years, he has served as a coach and administrator, fashioning USA Swimming’s national open water swimming community, strategies and action plans. But the
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Giant non-indigenous goldfish are plaguing Lake Tahoe and partly and indirectly impacting the clarity of the water according to the University of California, David Research Center. Some goldfish grow up to 45 cm and weigh 1.8 kg as they compete with the native species of fish. So many large goldfish eat copious amounts of manure
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