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Evgeny Drattsev Wins Traversée du lac Mégantic

Evgeny Drattsev won the 6th Traversée Internationale du Lac Mégantic. The 10km professional marathon swim was held in beautiful Lac Mégantic in Québec, Canada. 2008 Olympian Drattsev turned the tables on Christian Reichert who won the traditional 1km sprint race the night before in the 23°C (73°F) water. In contrast to other races on the […]

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Wetsuit vs. Non-wetsuit Differentials In Open Water Swims

In some ocean races in South Africa, its rules that governed wetsuit usage dictated that wetsuit swimmers receive a 1-minute time penalty for every 1 km swam. Other open water swims where wetsuit swimmers and non-wetsuit swimmers compete in the same division have different time differentials (e.g., 60-90 seconds per 1.6 km swam). But there

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