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Kingdom Swim Record Set By Ethan Saulnier
Ethan Saulnier of Somerville, Massachusetts established a new record for the 10-mile course in the Kingdom Swim in Lake Memphremagog on the Vermont (American) side. He beat Rondi Davies’ existing record time by about 4 minutes that she set in 2010. The event will serve as the site of the 2013 9+ Mile U.S. Masters
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Antonio Saint Aubyn Swims 63 km From Margarita Island
Antonio Saint Aubyn, a 36-year-old swimming coach from Cumaná, Venezuela, completed an unprecedented 63 km (39-mile) wetsuit swim from Punta de Piedras on Margarita Island to the Cumanagoto Marina in Cumaná City on the mainland of Venezuela yesterday under ideal conditions. He started at 2:28 pm on July 13th and finished at 11:10 am on
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South African Roger Finch On Swimming Manhattan
Half Century Club member Roger Finch of South Africa arrived in New York one week before the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim together wit his English Channel support team. “I met up with Jeff Ackerman, my paddler, and Tony Pascucci, my boat captain for the swim the morning of the swim at Battery Park. I started
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The Essential Voluntolds Of Open Water Swims
Verb – Voluntold is to serve as a volunteer at the strong request of another individual. Voluntold is to be told to do something without your express or previous consent or knowledge. It is also the act of volunteering someone for something without giving them the choice to decline. The race director voluntold the college
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Breaking News: Stephen Redmond Started Again In Japan
After rumors that Stephen Redmond was calling it a day and heading home, he has set off from the Tappi Misaki port and is instead heading for the start point on Honshu. Despite weather that is less than promising, Captain Mizushima and the Japanese Coast Guard gave him the approval to make one more attempt.
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Darren Miller’s Sweet Taste Of Success
Darren Miller, the latest conqueror of the Tsugaru Channel and one of the Top Guns of the Oceans Seven, was feted last night in Japan at a party sponsored by Mercedes Benz. As a special guest, the dashing American along with his brother Matthew were the talk of Tokyo. So believe him when he says,
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Stephen Redmond Achieves The Oceans Seven
Stephen Redmond Achieves The Oceans Seven Courtesy of WOWSA, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. Today, Under the strangest and unlikeliest of circumstances in a far-away land, the remarkable Irishman Stephen Redmond completed the Tsugaru Channel in Japan to become the first person in history to achieve the Oceans Seven. The 47-year-old former rugby player from Ireland entered
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Ray Gandy, A White Knight In The Open Water
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ray Gandy, a member of the 24-hour club pictured on left with his special coating, will attempt to swim 50 miles from Newport, Vermont in America to Magog, Quebec in Canada this Saturday, July 14th. While professional marathon swimmers used to swim one length of lac Memphrémagog before the
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Is That Legal In The Open Water? Starts And Finishes
When fans, friends and family observe GPS units tracking marathon swimmers on their channel swims, it often appears that the swims do not start or finish on land. This leads some people to conclude that the swimmers do not abide by the established rules of open water swimming. That is, swimmers are expected to start
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