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The Descenso a Nado de la Ría de Navia in Asturias, Spain has a few unique traditions that have developed and been celebrated for 55 years. The first tradition involves around the nomination, selection and coronation of a Queen and Princess for each Descenso by the Asociación de Amigos de la Ría de Navia. These […]
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Linda Kaiser reported that Michael Ventre from Botswana (by way of London) completed his swim across the Molokai (Kaiwi) Channel today…Stephen Redmond-style that is. An English Channel swimmer who has also competed at the Winter World Swimming Championships, Ventre changed from cold to warm waters in his latest marathon swim. He started at 6:30 pm
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Open Water Source provides information in Italian on the Olympic marathon swim here and on the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame here. Italian Olympic marathon swimmers in 2012 include two serious medal contenders who will be fighting for positions on the podium from the start to the finish: 2-time world marathon swimming champion Valerio
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From the tropics to the temperate zone, Penny Palfrey continues her path to the unprecedented. Even though Palfrey trains in the warm waters of Queensland and just recently recovered from a 41-hour effort in an attempt from Cuba to Florida, she is preparing for the last stage of the Oceans Seven: the North Channel. Palfrey
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Open Water Source provides information in Japanese on the Olympic marathon swim here and on the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame here. Japanese Olympic marathon swimmers in 2012 include Yasunari Hirai (shown on left) and Yumi Kida with Yuko Matsuzaki as the only Japanese Honour Swimmer currently inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall
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The Olympic marathon swimming 10km will come down to a final sprint after 9,900 meters of an increasingly grueling pace.
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When 25 women and 25 men dive into the Serpentine during the 2012 London Olympic Games, mankind’s relationship vis-à-vis the open water will undergo its greatest transformation since Captain Matthew Webb first crossed the English Channel in 1875. It will be a seminal moment in open water swimming history, but more importantly, it will help
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For 55 years, the annual Descenso a Nado Ría de Navia has continued in the small town of Navia in Asturias, Spain. The event is an ingrained tradition on the social and athletic calendar in the area, drawing everyone from world champions and Olympians to swimmers from Europe and America of all ages. But such
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From Friday to Sunday, there is non-stop action and activities in the Descenso, the field of the 5km Asturias Cup skewed younger and faster than its larger counterpart on Sunday. By 10:30 pm on a festive Friday evening, the town square of Navia filled up with anticipation of dances, music, entertainment and speeches. The town’s
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Trent Grimsey has filled the vacuum created by Petar Stoychev’s absence on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit. Grimsey won his third Grand Prix race of the 2012 season with a commanding 6-minute victory at the Traversee internationale du lac Mempremagog. “My next race is next weekend is in lac Megantic at the
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