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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials starting this week in Omaha, Nebraska, the most pressure-packed competitive swimming meet in America will result in the selection of American Olympic swimmers for the Tokyo Olympics starting on July 23rd. While Jordan Wilimovsky, Haley Anderson and Ashley Twichell have already qualified for the […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lewis Pugh was appointed as the United Nations Patrons of the Oceans due to his consistent messaging about how mankind can help preserve the marine environment. Since he became the first and remains the only person to swim across the North Pole in 2007 (swimming 1 kilometer in -1.6°C
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Libre comme l’eau by Jacques Tuset is a new book by the King of the Prison Island Swims and an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.
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Mark Warkentin and Petar Stoychev talk about their 45.9 km match race around Manhattan Island in 2010.
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Dale Petranech left an unparalleled legacy of unselfishness and dedication to the sport of open water swimming.
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Anne Marie Ward won the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year award in the year she successfully crossed the North Channel
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9 More Honorees Named By Australian Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
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In this Diary of a Double episode, Antonio Argüelles discussed his training during Week 30 and how he prepares for a brutal week of high volume training in pursuit of the ultimate goal: an English Channel double crossing.
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In Diary of a Double, Antonio Argüelles discussed why recovery is essential, especially as he gets older. Argüelles uses recovery days and even weeks to optimize his training as he prepares for an English Channel double crossing.
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Antonio Argüelles talks about his his final hard week of training before taper, plus the logistics of scheduling his trip to Dover for his week-long window to swim an English Channel double crossing.
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