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Frank Flowers‘ year-round efforts to organize swims in the Cayman Islands was among the 15 selected nominees for the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. [Read more…] Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Just a year after being inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honour Administrator in the Class of 2012, Ned Denison was recognized again as a member of the Class of 2013. Denison received the Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award. The Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award is an award
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The Dutch Ladies First record-setting two-way English Channel record was among the 15 selected nominees for the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. [Read more…] Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Dale Petranech, Honorary Secretary of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame announced the members of the Class of 2013. “The IMSHOF extends its hearty congratulations to these individuals on their selection. The Hall of Fame welcomes them into the fold of the truly greats in our sport of marathon swimming.” The names are familiar
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Dan Projansky“s 27-mile butterfly marathon swim was among the 15 selected nominees for the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. [Read more…] Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Stars like Trent Grimsey of Australia, Esther Nuñez Morera of Spain, Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil, and Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece will participate in one or both of FINA’s professional marathon swimming circuits. The FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup is the shorter circuit; the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix is the longer one.
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Brenton Williams‘s 8 km rough water butterfly swim was among the 15 selected nominees for the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. [Read more…] Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Trent Grimsey of Australia capped one of the most productive and successful years in marathon swimming history by winning the 2012 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit. Esther Nuñez Morera of Spain won her second FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit in 2012. The following events form the 2013 FINA Open Water Swimming
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Alina Warren‘s Great Glen Way stage swim was among the 15 selected nominees for the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. [Read more…] Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil comfortably won the women’s overall title in the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup series this year (shown on left). Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece ran away with the men’s title in 2012. The following events form the FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup 2013: 1. FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World
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