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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In a summit hosted by Diana Nyad, world renown jellyfish expert Dr. Angel Yanagihara of the Pacific Cnidaria Research Lab and the Békésy Laboratory of Neurobiology in the Pacific Biosciences Research Center in Honolulu, Hawaii explains why EpiPens® (epinephrine) are not her recommended response when ocean swimmers go into […]
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Penny Palfrey is leaving a hospital in Key West, Florida this afternoon in good spirits. As is true to her form, she is recovering remarkably fast from her 41 hour 3 minute attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida. Photo on left by Captain Mitch Olin and photo on right by Dr. William Korey. Copyright
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While Darren Miller and Stephen Redmond are taking their shots at the Tsugaru Channel in Japan next week, Anna-Carin Nordin is attempting to add to her Oceans Seven resume tonight in the Catalina Channel. Leaving Santa Catalina Island near midnight, she will swim through the night with plans to arrive on the Southern California mainland
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Darren Miller and Stephen Redmond take their shot at the Tsugaru Channel next week. For Redmond, this will be his third attempt. For Miller, it will be his visit to the Land of the Rising Sun. Which is when he will be taking off from Tappi Misaki on the western peninsula of Aomori Prefecture on
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World record holder Rebecca Soni has been very impressive since her Olympic successes in 2008. The 3-time Olympic medalist from Beijing qualified again for the 2012 USA Olympic Team in Omaha and is looking very good for continued Olympic success in London. While her fellow pool elite athletes were conserving energy and tapering for the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Chris Palfrey hosted Penny Palfrey‘s press conference in Key West while his wife remained in a local hospital under observation. Chris explained the drama that unfolded the past two days under beautiful conditions about his wife’s attempt to cross the 103-mile Straits of Florida to the international media. “Penny
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The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF) website is now available in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. The IMSHOF site will also soon be made available in French, German and Japanese. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame was established in 1961 to recognize the marathon swimmers throughout the world and is governed by
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Penny Palfrey will explain her DNF across the Florida Straits in a press conference on July 1, 2012
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With everything going precisely to plan and the marathon swimming world looking upon Penny Palfrey‘s audacious attempt across the Straits of Florida team via GPS, Facebook and Twitter, what lies ahead of the 49-year-old is arguably even tougher and more mind-boggling. Assuming she completes her estimated 55-59 hour swim safely in the tropically warm, humid
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Penny Palfrey‘s team shed additional light on her world across the Straits of Florida. She has swum 75.26 nautical miles (86.6 miles or 139 km) and continues to swim strongly and steadily towards the Florida Keys. The estimated time of her landing, if her pace continues and calculations remain correct, is between 2 pm –
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