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Back on September 5th 1988, the renowned Olympic and world champion Janet Evans found herself on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu. Later in September, she traveled to Korea and won three gold medals (in the 400m individual medley, 400m freestyle and 800m freestyle) at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. But she took a stop in her training […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The eyes of the marathon swimming world continue to spin on the global axis. 2012 started off with a slew of Cook Strait solo swims between North and South Islands in New Zealand, a cancelled professional 88 km race from Maratón Internacional Hernandarias – Parana race in Argentina, and
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Paul Lundgren explains his experiences and perspectives here. He writes, “…four hours passed in what felt like a lifetime. My energy was there, but my spirit was weakening and I was focused on the worst. With large volumes of violent vomit my stomach was empty and it reflected my hopes of completing the swim. I
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Caution: this film by United Utilities is a hard-hitting depiction of a drowning for educational purposes. Viewer discretion is strongly advised. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
Open Water Is Not A Game By United Utilities Read More »
Thomas Lurz and Swann Oberson won the delayed British Gas Great East Swim that was delayed due to weather and winds. On the surface, Lurz took a weekend off of his intense training. With only 53 days left until the upcoming Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km on August 10th in the Serpentine, a weekend trip to
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The men competing in 2.1 km Henley Classic’s elite race will be looking to have their names inscribed on the Inman Cup, and the women on the Ovey Cup. Both of these cups date back to the 19th century proving that open water swimming has a lengthy history. The overall male and female winners of
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Lake Tanganyika is one of the African Great Lakes and the longest lake in the world. Proflight Zambia, which is Zambia’s only domestic airline, is sponsoring a marathon swimming relay to show its commitment to environmental conservation of Lake Tanganyika. The 5-day 40 km marathon Swim for Nsumbu, organized by Conservation Lake Tanganyika, will begin
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Trent Grimsey broke the 30-year-old record at the 47th edition of the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli yesterday in Italy. Set by legendary Paul Asmuth in 1982 in 6 hours 35 minutes, Grimsey blazed to a 6 hour 29 minute victory in his first marathon swim from Capri to Napoli. Second-place Edoardo Stochino of
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A Glimpse Of What Happened In Setubal Bay, Portugal Read More »
Thousands of competitive adult swimmers descended upon Riccione, Italy for the 14th FINA World Masters Championships. 45 heats took off in separate waves on the triangular course with an in-the-water start and finish. The event was held over two days on June 16th and 17th due to the tremendous interest in the 3 km open
Masters Of The Open Water (Top Women At Worlds) Read More »