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James Jonsson is an American open water swimmer from Utah who holds two marathon swimming records for the fastest crossing of Bear Lake, a 19-mile swim on the border of the states of Utah and Idaho. He set the record of 8 hours 53 minutes in 2010. Last year, Jonsson became the first person to […]
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Paolo Eros Cerizzi, known in Italy as Dolphinman, is known for a variety of open water exploits. He has swam 2.5 km across Lake Maggiore in Italy swimming butterfly and swam across the Strait of Messina in Sicily wearing handcuffs. At the Flowers Sea Swim, Dolphinman set a world record in swimming one mile in
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As ultra-marathon swimmer Penny Palfrey gets ready for her 103-mile attempt from Cuba to Florida, Tropical Storm Debbie may delay things a bit…and gives a hint to the difficulty of picking the right time for such an attempt. The storm cluster in the Gulf of Mexico is being tracked across the Caribbean from Mexico to
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The 2012 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim had 38 solo swimmers enter the water and all 38 swimmers finished. A perfect score for a tough 28.5-mile marathon swim. “It was a gorgeous day on the water yesterday,” said veteran Dave Barra. “It’s a great community to be a part of.“ More information on the race and
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Darren Miller has a busy life and goals to reach. And he is knocking off those goals one by one. Miller, a private banker and head of the Forever Fund, became the 52nd swimmer to join the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with his successful circumnavigation around Manhattan Island in New York City yesterday.
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James Fitzpatrick of Laguna Niguel, California became the 51st swimmer to join the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with his successful circumnavigation around Manhattan Island in New York City yesterday. A member of the Half Century Club and Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association, Fitzpatrick crossed the England Channel in 14 hours 32 minutes in
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The swimming community throughout Guam was ecstatic last week to hear that Benjamin Schulte, the 16-year-old swimmer from Guam, was invited to the Olympics by FINA. As the first swimmer from Guam to qualify for an Olympic swimming final in recent times, Schulte was justifiably proud and beyond joyous. On the other hand, the news
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Favored swimmer Abigail Nunn comfortably won the 2012 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 7 hours 36 minutes. The decorated Yale University swimmer cruised to a 1200-meter lead as she entered the Hudson River and then maintained her lead down the choppy backstretch. With the race still in progress, it appears that Mexico’s Javier Gutierrez, a
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“One of the things that I think about when I am swimming is what I am grateful for,” explains Patti Bauernfeind who is nearly halfway through today’s Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. The California swimmer is holding a strong 73 stroke per minute pass as she passes through Hells Gate where the water from the Sound
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Donal Buckley who eloquently explains marathon swimming to a global audience is feeling it today, despite swimming 28.5 miles in water that is much too warm for his liking. Buckley is swimming in New York City in today’s Manhattan Island Marathon Swim where his speed has ranged from 0 miles per hour when he was
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