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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
In a country where baseball reigns supreme, Marcos Díaz has created a buzz and unique niche for the open water swimming world. He has traveled the world competing in professional marathon swims and amateur swims from Hong Kong to Turks & Caicos. He has given speeches and clinics on 5 continents, and met numerous local, […]
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Extreme swimmers, ice swimmers, channel swimmers and marathon swimmers seem to have thick skin. While they explore the outer boundaries of what is physically possible, these aquatic adventurers apparently truly have thick skin. Bryan Finlay of Solo Swims of Ontario recalls, “In my experience, there is a particular feature of some ultra-marathon swimmers that I
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Shelley Taylor-Smith was the first female referee in the Olympic marathon swim. She was on the dock during the men’s 10km race in the Serpentine. Despite the pressure of the world’s greatest sporting spectacle, everything went smoothly. “There were just 5 yellow cards (warning) and no red (disqualification) cards given. During the men’s race, I
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Hope were raised…and exceeded at the first FINA World Junior Open Water Championships in Welland, Canada last week. 130 swimmers from 31 countries gathered near Niagara Falls to make their own splashes as they debuted on the international open water stage. Following in the footsteps of Olympians Thomas Lurz and Angela Maurer, Germany’s young talent
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Héroes y heroínas de las maratones de natación se reunirán en el Queen Mary en Long Beach, California, Estados Unidos, para la Ceremonia Internacional Anual de ingreso en el Salón de la Fama del Marathon de Natación, la Conferencia Mundial de natación de aguas abiertas y los premios Mundiales de natación de aguas abiertas del
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In the afterglow of the Olympic Games, the 2nd annual Bridge To Bridge 14k marathon swim got underway. From Henley to Marlow, 176 swimmers including four-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington took part and traversed 3 locks and 4 food stops along the course. 100% of the starters finished as the participants swam in pods
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The Irish Long Distance Swimming Association (ILSDA) will be honored by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame at the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Long Beach, California on September 22nd. The ILDSA will join a select number of other world-renowned organizations in the Hall of Fame: Traversée Internationale du lac St.-Jean, British
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Harry Kemp, an American writer known as Poet of the Dunes, floated the idea of an open water swim between Provincetown and Plymouth, symbolically celebrating the historic bond between the First Landing Place and the First Colony. Kemp promoted a 20-mile swim called the American Channel Swim from Provincetown to Plymouth to remind people of
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Cold water was his game, Clifford Douglas “Cliff” Lumsdon Jr., CM, O.Ont was his name. The five-time world champion between 1949 and 1954 was known for his ability to swim in cold water, once going 51.5 km (32 miles) in 18+ hours in 49°F water. Lumsdon, who passed away at 60 in 1991, was voted
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One of the greatest swimmers of all time, Greta Andersen, burst on the world’s stage when she won the gold medal at the 1948 London Olympics. Confident, personable and talented, she made quite a scene on the pool deck, on television and across channels. She continued her unprecedented and unsurpassed career for another 20 years
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