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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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Oracle founder Larry Ellison reportedly purchased 98% of the Hawaiian island of Lanai which is the start of the annual Maui Channel Swim and site of 234 swimmers who have crossed the 9.6-mile channel. The third-richest American with a net worth of US$36 billion, the US$500+ purchase of the sixth-largest island in Hawaii, loves big
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Without a doubt, Michael Phelps would be a great open water swimmer, if not one of the best of all time. The open water swimming world may never see Phelps body surf into shore, be fed from an escort boat or lead a pack around a turn buoy, but his aquatic talents would grace the
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FINA made its ruling on the controversy over the marathon swimming finalists. As a result, Benjamin Schulte of Guam accepted the invitation to compete in the Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km. Coached by Dennis Cotterell and Brian King on Gold Coast of Australia, 16-year-old Schulte will not only be the youngest swimmer by more than a
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The Olympic marathon swim and the Olympic marathon swim both showcase some of the best and fastest endurance athletes in the world. While the marathon run has a long history and (the men’s race) is featured on last day of the Olympic Games, the marathon swim was introduced at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in a
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The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF) website is now available in English, Spanish and Portuguese. The IMSHOF site will also soon be made available in Italian, French, German and Japanese. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame was established in 1961 to recognize the marathon swimmers throughout the world and governed by an
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The Pacific Vortex Challenge (PVC) is an ultra-marathon ocean relay race from Hawaii to Santa Monica Beach in Los Angeles, California, created by Richard Pain, an Australian filmmaker, environmentalist and open water swimmer. The Pacific Vortex Challenge is a match race between two 8-member relay teams swimming 2,500 miles across the largest body of water
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The Open Water Vacation Giveaway is provided courtesy of Open Water Source. Winners will be randomly selected from among those who register in advance for the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Long Beach, California on the RMS Queen Mary between September 21st – 23rd. Four vacation giveaways will be given away among those
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The feats and drive of open water swimmers across the famed 26-mile (42 km) Molokai Channel just keeps going up and up. Since Keo Nakama completed the first crossing in 1961, the channel has challenged some of the best and hardiest swimmers in the world. Stephen Redmond was the latest swimmer to experience an epic
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