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Legendary waterman and two-time Olympic marathon swimmer Ky Hurst took time out of his pre-Olympic training schedule in Switzerland over the weekend and won the Swiss National 5km Open Water Swimming Championship in Rorschach. While training with the rest of Swimming Australia at altitude, Hurst found the conditions similar to what might encounter in London […]
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Stephen Redmond stepped up to the plate in Japan and achieved the Oceans Seven on his fourth attempt of the Tsugaru Channel. Now history is ready to be repeated when Penny Palfrey steps up to the plate in the North Channel and attempts her final swim in the Oceans Seven. One of the most popular
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Gerry Claffey of Ireland passed along this message to Ocean Care Solutions, “A friend of mine got hit in the face by a Lion’s Mane jellyfish last week in Dublin, Ireland. His face was bright red getting out of the water. Then, the pain started. It typically lasts 8-24 hours. But this other guy at
Jamie Patrick has swum all of his life. From California to Hawaii, he has always hung around pools, lakes, oceans and bays. Doing everything from body surfing to massively long sets in the pool, the DNA of the San Francisco-bred athlete is deeply embedded in the water world, salt or fresh, smooth or rough. Like
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Acclimatization has never played such a role in Olympic athletics since the 1968 Summer Olympics were held in the high-altitude of Mexico City. But Cecilia Biagioli of Argentina has had her work cut out for her. Training in warm temperatures in extremely warm-water pools (nearing 30°C), Biagioli swam well, finishing fifth in the 2011 World
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Hercules Troyden Prinsloo is a man on a mission. 25 of the fastest swimmers in the world at 10km will be battling each other in one of the toughest events at 2012 London Olympic Games. The field is arguably the strongest ever assembled in the history of the sport… …and a buff, beefy man named
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. This video summary of the men’s Olympic marathon swimming 10km race from the 2008 Beijing Olympics hints at five things: 1. Spyridon Gianniotis is faster in 2012 than in 2008. 2. Thomas Lurz has a killer feeding technique. 3. Expect the unexpected. 4. The Olympic marathon 10km race will
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Ray Meltvedt has started a tradition in Somalia at the first International Mogadishu Open Water Swimming Competition. The Half Century Club member for his Catalina Channel swim at the age of 50, Meltvedt swims regularly wherever he is. “I am surrounded by local fishermen and the complete stock of the local tourism shop for sale
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Since Keri-Anne Payne began her dominance in this quadrennial over the elite marathon women, only one woman has broken her streak of victories: Martina Grimaldi of Italy in 2010. Grimaldi has the tools – both mental and physical – to win the gold in the Olympic marathon swim. For her to win, everything must fall
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For many good reasons, Keri-Anne Payne is the odds-on favorite for the Olympic marathon swimming 10km: Besides a lengthy career where she has experienced all kinds of conditions from Great Britain to Israel to South Africa, her body streamlined body position and high navigational IQ are among the physical talents that enable her to be
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