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There is a series of open water swims in Sicily near or in the Strait of Messina held annually in August and September. The Strait of Messina is a narrow channel between the eastern tip of Sicily and the southern tip of Calabria which is on the Italian mainland. The first race is the 5.2 […]
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Chris and Dan, fictional animated characters, provide their commentary on drafting among elite open water swimmers in a re-run from 2008: Copyright © 2008 – 2013 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Chris and Dan, fictional animated characters, provide their commentary and analysis of feeding among elite open water swimmers in a re-run from 2008: Copyright © 2008 – 2013 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Back in the winter of 2009, Andrew Chin and Ram Barkai took on an unprecedented challenge – to swim in Lake Zürich in the dead of winter. This is Chin’s first-person account: The Lake Zürich winter swim 2009 was a challenge of both mind and body for me. I was very nervous and scared as
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Manx Mile entries open on February 1st for the June 29th event that is part of the Queenie Festival on the Isle of Man. Organised by Isle of Man Open Water Swimming Club’s Mark Gorry, the Manx Mile is now in its fourth year and attracts entrants from all sporting backgrounds, from recreational and club
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The Isle of Man holds a series of ocean swims during its Queenie Festival, an annual event that celebrates one of the local seafood, the Queen Scallop, or as it’s more commonly known on the Isle of Man, the Queenie. Scallop Shell Swims organizer Mark Gorry, an accomplished adventurer himself, explains about the 3 races
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A week after the 15 km Maratón Acuática Internactional Ciudad de Rosario race, the group of young professional marathon swimmers have moved to Santa Fe where they will participate in the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda. Several of the athletes are still recovering from the first race on the circuit, including
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American Jon Erikson was the first person to complete a three-way crossing of the English Channel in 1981 with a historic 38 hour 27 minute effort. An Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Erikson swam the English Channel in 1969 and a two-way in 1979 with his first leg as the
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If you are into circumnavigations, you have a lot of choices around the world. From the Isle of Wight and Jersey to Guernsey and the Isle of Man, the British Isles have opportunities like Hawaii has lava rock. While you gotta be tough like Kevin Murphy or Michael Read to complete a circumnavigation around the
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George Kamper captures the essence of the objects he photographs from commissioned works to open water swimming with an outstanding eye for detail. Kamper explains his work on his blog, “Fun is the active ingredient that gives one license to make things better then they are, striving to make them like they haven’t been made
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