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Miquel Suñer Comalat, also known as El Divo de Girona, became the first Catalonian, second Spaniard and 53rd person to successfully complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. In addition to his fast Triple Crown swims, he is the male record holder for the Menorca Channe] in Spain where he swam 39.8 km (21.3 […]
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Stephen Redmond‘s team gathered early -just after midnight – at the port nearest Tappi Misaki for his third attempt at the Tsugaru Channel. A few clouds acted as thin blankets over the calm seas. But little did Redmond and his team know that this tranquil setting was about to change. For the first 2 hours,
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Fergal Somerville from Dublin went into the North Channel from Donaghadee at 6:32 am in an attempt guided by escort pilot Quintin Nelson. 1 hour 28 minutes past the Copeland Islands, Somerville’s crew and pilot made a call to pull out as the wind lifted from the North and the swell was rising. Another few
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Stephen Redmond jumped off his escort boat piloted by Captain Mizushima and swam to his start point at 2:36 am under the fortuitous splattering of shooting stars across the Japanese night. Redmond is on his third attempt across the Tsugaru Channel. Only 6 hours after the successful 15 hour 55 minutes crossing by Oceans Seven
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Bloodied from cuts on rocks and battered by 13 hours of constant turbulence, Darren Miller crossed the Tsugaru Channel in 15 hours 55 minutes. Guided by Captain Mizushima’s steady hand and constant navigation of the shifting currents, Miller completed his fifth of seven channels in his quest to achieve the Oceans Seven. Miller started soon
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With the sun fast setting on Darren Miller, he is in a race against Mother Nature in the Tsugaru Channel in Japan. The water temperature has dropped from a high of 21 degrees C to 16. He is getting cold, but he is also fighting the hypothermia demons ready to pounce. The surface water conditions
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It is downright nasty out in the Tsugaru Channel for Darren Miller. Mother Nature is throwing everything at Miller – counter-currents, eddies, vicious turbulence since his second hour in the 20 degree C water. He has stopped like clockwork every 30-45 minutes for updates, many of which are less than optimstic. But he is moving
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The first open water swim in Loutraki, Greece kicked off with the Lake Vouliagmeni Open Water Race. Sanctioned by the Corinth branch of the Hellenic Coast Guard, the swim became reality after months of planning. “The field exceeded our expectations,” said race organizers Apostolis Tsagarakis and Christos Moutsos. “We were inspired by the energy and
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Red Bull Media will be filming Stephen Redmond across the Tsugaru Channel, his seventh and final leg of the Oceans Seven scheduled for a 4 am start on Wednesday morning in Japan. The film documentary will capture the sacrifices and obstacles that the famed Irish swimmer has faced in his global search to reach the
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Rick Walker of Southern Illinois University and Catherine Vogt had once before been fellow coaches on the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Team. How times have changed and opportunities have risen. At the 2012 London Olympics, Walker will be the head coach for the Egyptian Olympic swimming team while Vogt is coaching two swimmers
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