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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
In a previous post about Rhys Mainstone’s victory in Hong Kong, we pointed out (here) about the dearth and delay of information provided by FINA about its sanctioned open water swimming competitions. But how does FINA ultimately provide its information about each race that it governs? Firstly, a little background is in order. FINA sanctions […]
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Australian Rhys Mainstone may have been disappointed that he was not able to realize his Olympic dreams in 2012, but he is totally focused on not missing the next opportunity in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. He is focused. And he is fast. Very very fast. And smart. And getting smarter and more strategic. Mainstone
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The world’s oceans are sinking with problems: the chemistry of the oceans are changing…and none for the best. Cceanographers like Jean-Pierre Gattuso have predicted that the “oceans will become hot, sour and breathless” by the end of this century. Scientists and researchers understand that the radical changes in the ocean acidity risk peril for mankind
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The 6th annual American Swimming Association Open Water Swimming National Collegiate Championships was completed today in Lake Travis in Austin, Texas. Led by 2012 Olympian Camille Adams, the Texas A&M Aggies dominated the competition by taking the top 3 places and won going away in the women’s division with 301 points. The University of Incarnate
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Since the 1970s, we have often received the honor to escort, paddle, kayak, observe, officiate and report on open water swims and marathon swimmers. To witness up close another human pushing themselves to their physiological and psychological limits against a variety of elements geared up with nothing but a swimsuit, cap and goggles is always
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I Do Not Know Yet What I Cannot Do Courtesy of World Open Water Swimming Association, Huntington Beach, California. Jamie Patrick accepted his 2011 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year award on the Queen Mary at the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference. His family and friends surrounded him with warmth, love and
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Mark Stone, a County Supervisor in Santa Cruz, California, is one of the 64 people in the world who have joined the Half Century Club by swimming across the English Channel over the age of 50. Stone crossed the English Channel at the age of 52 in a time of 13 hours 7 minutes. Faster
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Some countries just seem so far away from the average American or British open water swimmer. These far-flung nations are geographically distant, culturally separate and linguistically different. The food is nothing like home and the expectations of society are world’s apart. Summer is winter and winter is summer. Left is right and right can be
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Race directors Dr. Keith Bell and Sandy Neilson-Bell are all set for the 6th annual American Swimming Association Open Water Swimming National Collegiate Championships to be held in Austin, Texas today. Texas A&M is favored to beat defending champion, Trinity University, in the women’s 6th Annual ASA Open Water Swimming National Collegiate Championship. Texas A&M’s
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The broadcast of the 2012 RCP Tiburon (‘shark’ in Spanish) Mile and the RCP Tiburon Sprint Classic II will be telecast on Comcast SportsNet which is Bay Area channel 41. The first broadcast is this coming Monday, October 8th at 2:00 pm where 2-time Olympian Melissa Gorman almost upset an international contingent of elite professional
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