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Dick Campion, an Olympic swimmer from 1960, an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Coach, and a former professional marathon swimmer from Australia flew to Sanur, Bali in Indonesia to help the Indonesian Swimming Federation host a 5-day open water swimming clinic for their interested swimming coaches. The desire of the Indonesian Swimming Federation […]
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World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year nominee Brenton Williams completed another unprecedented butterfly ocean swim. He swam 11.5 km butterfly from 3 Anchor Bay to Robben Island in his native South Africa. The swim on one of the toughest butterfly courses in the world was ratified by the Cape Long Distance Swim Association.
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Australian Trent Grimsey was disqualified at last weekend’s State Harbour Crossing in Round 2 of the New Zealand Ocean Swim Series. Grimsey won the 2.9km open water swim across the Waitemata Harbour by more than a minute. It was a clear victory, but event director Scott Rice rules that Grimsey obstructed fellow competitor Troy Prinsloo
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“Amazing swim,” said visiting American swimmer Bill Ireland of the State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series Round 2 swim, the State Harbour Crossing. “There were 30 knot winds, 63ºF (17.2ºC) water, with a current pulling out to sea so sighting on the course was very challenging and so was staying on course. There were 6
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Leaving a legacy that is known and carried on by members outside your family is truly something. Those individuals who do often touch people in profound and innumerably funny and memorable ways. Brian Curtis was one of those people. His legacy is alive, well and memorialized in the Brian Curtis Mile in the Western Cape
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Beth France achieved her second Oceans Seven channel crossing today with an incredibly courageous 24 hour 10 minute swim across the Molokai Channel. The newest member of the 24-hour Club, started at Laau Point on the island of Molokai on Sunday night and finished on Sandy Beach on the island of Oahu at 9:40 pm
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Australian Trent Grimsey has been stripped of his recent State Harbour Crossing title at the New Zealand Ocean Swim Series. Grimsey won the 2.9km open water swim across the Waitemata Harbour this past Sunday by more than a minute, but allegations have since come to light that he obstructed another competitor about a third of
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Jerome Leslie, a 6′-9″ (205.7cm) swimmer, and Elaine Kornbau Howley, a Triple Crown swimmer, have been training quite a bit for their first official Ice Swim this Saturday. Scheduled for the cold-water dip in Boston Harbour under the auspices of the Massachusetts Open Water Swimming Association (MOWSA), Howley predicts, “I think we have a fighting
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Beth French started on the island of Molokai at 9:30 pm last night with her sights on crossing the 42km Molokai Channel. Through the night, she hung closely to her escort boat, captained by Matt Buckman. But the expected brilliance of the tropical Hawaiian sun at sunrise never appeared. All there was is a eerie
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Swim Workouts To Go is a convenient app produced by two accomplished athletes and dedicated coaches. Cambridge Masters Swim Club Head Coach Abe Rogers, and Harvard University Women’s Swimming Head Coach Stephanie Morawski, both USA Olympic Trials competitors, produce all kinds of pool workouts for swimmers on the go or swimmers without access to structured
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