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The major sponsor of British Swimming has been British Gas. British Gas has been very generous to the open water swimming community in particular. From being the title sponsor of the British Gas Great Swims to supporting the national open water swimming team travel budget, the benefits of British Gas support have reached everyone from […]
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Ned Denison, one of the global leaders in the marathon swimming world, will be deservedly honoured by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame at its annual induction ceremonies on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California on September 22nd. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremonies will be held together with the
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Ned Denison’s concept of the Triple Crown of Prison Island Swims (or Triple Break) has a new member: Nick Adams. Adams completed a series of swims from former isolated prison islands where convicts have given way to open water swimmers. Denison’s list of the swimmers who have currently completed the Triple Crown of Prison Island
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The family, friends and fans’ support of the Olympic marathon swimmers was overwhelming in London. Many groups were colorfully outfitted in specially designed shirts or hats, and many wove their country flags in support of their favorite athletes. There was Team Lurz of Germany, And Team Kida of Japan, And Team Mellouli of Tunisia, And
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Penny Palfrey is a risk-taker. She accepts risk and understands that failure is part of the open water swimming equation. She set off on two of the riskiest swims possible, on opposite ends of the extreme spectrum within several weeks of each other. It was a high-risk proposition, but if anyone could pull it off,
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Hendrik Meerman is an American pool and open water swimmer from California who became the 57th person to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming yesterday. He completed the English Channel in 2006 in 13 hours 12 minutes, the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 2011 in 8 hours 24 minutes, and the Catalina Channel
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Graham Barratt was the first person to swim Lake Bala butterfly 3.25 miles across the lake at the age of 33 in 1992 in a time of 1 hour 47 minutes and was the first individual to swim across the lake breaststroke two ways 6.5 miles in 1988. The former swimming coach and teacher still
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The Faros Maratón Swim, also the Croatian International Long Distance Swimming Championships, is a 16km race from Stari Grad to Faros in Croatia. It is organized by the Croatian Long Distance Swimming Federation that was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honour Organisation in 2011. The competition developed over the
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The tentative dates for the 2013 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix Series are shown below. The FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix is a year-round global series of professional marathon swims, ranging from 15 to 88 kilometers in length. Its shorter equivalent is the FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup that is limited to
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How Did Marathon Swimming Get Into The Olympics? Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. How did open water swimming get into the Olympic Games? It all started with a simple lunch gazing out over the horizon across the Indian Ocean. In a scene that can be immortalized by a Hollywood movie, three passionate open water
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