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Eleanor Studley Hurd was an American swimmer and an early pioneering open water swimmer. In 1929, the Smith College alumnus become the first woman to swim the Hellespont between Europe and Asia. Studley swam the Hellespont in 80 minutes, beating two other female competitors and becoming the first woman to complete it. Known also as […]
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Kevin Murphy and Des Renford had a renowned 3-swim battle years ago in Australia, across the English Channel and in Loch Ness. Renford won the first round in Sydney, Murphy had the upper hand in the English Channel, and both men were defeated (and hospitalized) over the sub-10°C water in the Scotish loch go the
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Welcome was a popular French movie released in 2009 that was directed and written by Philippe Lioret starring Vincent Lindon, Firat Ayverdi and Audrey Dana. The film depicts a young Kurdish refugee in who envisions and then trains to swim across the English Channel. Bilal (Firat Ayverdi) traveled across Europe in an attempt to meet
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Some gorgeous photos of the Olympic marathon swim in the Serpentine are shown in the links below: Metro – of the female marathon swimmers ABC – check out the taping around the transponder Daily Mail – the course and spectators flickr – of the race officials Copyright © 2012
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After the Olympic marathon swim, gold medalist Ous Mellouli famously described the swim as “hell…there is no other way to describe it. The last 100 meters, as I lifted my head to look at the finish line, my shoulder was so heavy, my legs were tight, my lungs were burning, my whole system was in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Fast, very fast, blazing fast. The bar has now been set for the 2016 Rio Olympic quadrennial. Ous Mellouli and Thomas Lurz, the gold and silver medalists in the Olympic marathon swim, swam slightly faster than 1:06 per 100 meters for nearly 1 hour 50 minutes without walls or
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The race is on. In 2009 a team comprising of severely wounded British Servicemen and women from both Afghanistan, Iraq and other theatres of unpleasantness formed a team called Battle Back. They swum a superb English Channel crossing and were awarded the Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club trophy for ‘against all odds’ as a result.
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The Longest Swim-Sizzle Reel from Ridgeline on Vimeo. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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From Italy to Thailand and several locations in the UK, Coningham-Rolls Swimming Holidays offers a variety of luxury swimming tours. And the tours are expanding northwards towards the Arctic Circle. This September, a 6-day swimming tour of the stunning Lofoten Islands in Norway begins. The surrounding sea is optimal for open water swimming with a
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After his bronze-medal performance in the 1500m and gold-medal move in the Olympic 10km marathon swim in London, Ous Mellouli was given honor of leading Tunisia and carrying his country’s flag at the Closing Ceremonies. “We did not lead our teammates into the stadium, but instead all the flag bearers walked in together in the
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