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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
On her fourth attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida, Diana Nyad is pulling out the stops. On her support team, there are four jellyfish imaging specialists from the world-renowned Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts. “We have a variety of visible and invisible photographic imaging equipment that can detect jellyfish in the water,” explained […]
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A live global audience watched South Africa’s Michelle Weber win the inaugural World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships girl’s 5 km in Welland, Ontario, Canada over two young Germans Lena-Sophie Bermel and Patricia-Lucia Wartenberg. Nearly 500 people from 36 countries watched the live streaming service online here. The number of spectators are expected to increase
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Greenwich – Stamford Swim Across America raised over $420,000 at this year’s event. With only 200 swimmers, led by Peter Carlson (US$18,900), Peter Holmquist (US$17,000) and Bobby Pruett (US$15,000), raised an inspirational amount for the June 30th charity event on behalf of the Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy. Teams also helped raised a good amount
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When Ben Lecomte sets off from a stretch of beach near Tokyo towards San Francisco as his finish goal 5500 miles away, he and producer Doug Stanley will be creating open water swimming history – and demonstrating how dramatic, real-time storytelling of a solo swimmer can entertain the world. Stanley of Ridgeline Entertainment is setting
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A live global audience watched Germany’s Rob Muffels win the inaugural World Junior Open Water Swimming Championship boy’s 7.5km in Welland, Ontario, Canada. Nearly 500 people from 36 countries watched the live streaming service online here. The number of spectators are expected to increase over the 3-day championships hosted by Swimming Canada. The boy’s results:
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Doug Stanley of Ridgeline Entertainment will create and produce a 24/7 view of Ben Lecomte’s solo stage swim from Tokyo to San Francisco utilizing the latest in tools, equipment and online social media. But at the start and end of the day, good entertainment is about excellent storytelling. There are good reasons why Diana Nyad
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More than 130 swimmers from 31 countries are meeting in Welland (Ont., CAN), host of the first-ever international youth-dedicated open water swimming competition – the FINA World Junior Open Water Championships – taking place from August 16-19, 2012. The competition program includes three events and competitors are divided in two age groups: 14 to 16
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Diana Nyad’s swim from Cuba to Florida will be covered in detail by her online social media team. Her team during the swim will connect with the outside world through a KVH Industries Satellite Internet System. The system has a gyroscope antenna with three gyros that allows the system to immediately adjust for any movement
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On her fourth attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida, Diana Nyad is pulling out the stops. On her support team, there are four jellyfish imaging specialists from the world-renowned Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts. “We have a variety of visible and invisible photographic imaging equipment that can detect jellyfish in the water,” explained
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The 41-mile Round Jersey military relay race is on. A small flotilla of military teams will challenge the elements in August under the guidance of Sgt. Mike James, a specialist physiotherapist from the Royal Air Force, Colonel Rob Healey of the Army, Major Hamish McCarthy, and the Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club vice president Charlie
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