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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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Chris Green will be formally inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honour Swimmer on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. His illustrious career and selfless acts of volunteerism will be celebrated on September 22nd as part of the Global Open Water Swimming Conference. Over the course of his 4-decade
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Joe Grossman, a passionate open water swimming promoter and historian extraordinaire unearthed several bits of information on swims in China by the former Mao Tsu-tung. Chairman Mao‘s swim in the Yangtze River during the Cultural Revolution was highly symbolic where he urged the Chinese population to become more physically active and stronger physiologically while urging
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The 2012-13 State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series, New Zealand’s largest open water swimming event, is back again with an impressive new Elite Series Competition. The male and female Series winners will this year win NZD$20,000 each, making it the largest winner’s prize purse in Australasia. The Series includes 6 ocean swim events at iconic
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Ted Erikson‘s beacon in life is chaos which he defines as a state of things where chance is supreme. Erikson wrote an essay called To Seek Unknown Shores. His essay attempts to seek answers to questions that he has sought since 1961: Why does anything do what it does? and What are drives for force
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The long reign of the incomparable Petar Stoychev is over on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix. With Stoychev’s decision to focus on the Olympics, the vacuum created was filled by Australia’s Trent Grimsey who dominated the 68 men who competed on the Grand Prix circuit in 2012. As Stoychev plans to move into
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At Willoughby III, 23 swimmers and 23 yackers took to the water from North Beach in Willoughby swimming south for burgers and corn on the cob, waiting for them at South Beach. The 4.75-mile Willoughby Swim started in 2010 under the governance of the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association (NEKOWSA), a club organized by
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On August 7th, Brian Ross, Chris Kraus and Rick Gaenzle didn’t waste any time when they arrived in Ireland. Less than 24 hours after touching down, they set off and completed a 3-man relay across the North Channel where the water temperature ranged from 13-16°C. Kraus led off the relay in Donaghadee, Ireland through a
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Dan Boyle became the 59th person in history to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with his completion of the Catalina Channel in 10 hours 55 minutes. One of the key crew members of Penny Palfrey’s marathon swims around the world, Boyle took a little time off for himself and finished the trio
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