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With less-than-desirable conditions out in the English Channel this season and more than a few frustrated athletes and support crew hanging out in Dover waiting to catch a break in the weather, the year 1962 rings a bell. It was in 1962 when the weather was consistently so bad that there was not a single […]
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The 1-mile race is a relatively recent addition to the annual Chris Greene Lake Swim event, but it was an old-timer who took down the men’s record. Chris LaBianco, a former USA Swimming national open water swimming team member now swimming in the 40-44 year age group and fund-raiser extraordinaire, broke the existing record by
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Q1. In Spanish, the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming is called the Triple Corona. So what does Dos Equis refer to in open water swimming? Q2. What does “a snake in the grass” refer to in open water swimming? Q3. Who is a famous draft dodger in the open water world? A1. The Catalina
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The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in the Serpentine in Hyde Park in the center of London will consist of six loops of 1.67 km each in a course that is shaped somewhat like a kidney bean. While some traditionalists have commented that the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim is not “real” open water swimming, others believe
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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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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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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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Wearing a wetsuit will make you look like a seal and therefore more likely to be attacked by a shark.”
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There is a certain amount of misinformation reported in the media about open water swimming. World Open Water Swimming Association looks at the data in an attempt to distill fact from fiction, reality from rumor. One issue that is commonly reported in the press is that “Most body heat escapes through your head.” This oft-used quote
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After waking up resigned to head home defeated, the Tsugaru Channel finally smiled down on Stephen Redmond this morning in Japan. In a last-minute decision with the channel unexpectedly calm, Stephen Redmond, his trainer Noel Browne and Captain Mizushima decided to go for it despite having a long start. So at 10 am local time,
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