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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Deborah McDonald, director and producer of the documentary film 50 year old FRESHMAN received the Best New Film Award at the 2012 International Aquatic History Symposium & Film Festival in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. McDonald‘s documentary film FRESHMAN is about International Masters Hall of Fame Open Water inductee, Suzanne Heim-Bowen […]
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Paul Whichard, Manager of Sports Web Resources in the Sports and Competition Department of the Special Olympics, created a truly special interactive document – the Special Olympics Open Water Swimming Coaching Guide (see here). The comprehensive document is one of the most complete online open water swimming instructional guides. It features Bruckner Chase and was
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The acclaimed Hydro Tracker from FINIS will start shipping directly to customers in Europe for its offices throughout Europe next month. The Hydro Tracker enables swimmers and triathletes to know exactly how far, how fast and where they train and swim in the open water world. Open water swimmers and triathletes can share and obtain
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Ocean Care Solutions posted information from the University of British Columbia on how jellyfish are increasing in the majority of the world’s coastal ecosystems. In a study published in this month’s edition of the journal Hydrobiologia, Ocean Care Solutions pointed out that the Canadian scientists found increased jellyfish populations in 45 of the world’s 66
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On April 22nd, Salvatore Cimmino swam from the island of Idjwi to Goma on Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo near the Rwanda border. The always-energetic disabled swimmer swam an unprecedented 40 km across Lake Kivu as part of his A nuoto nei mari del globo (Swimming in the Seas of the
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This aerial photo by Fly Me Cancun of the men’s lead pack in the FINA pro races in Cancún, Mexico show how the experienced professionals bunch up in a tight pack. They constantly position themselves within the pack, trying to find the optimal draft to make surges and moves throughout the race. But every now
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Leonard Jansen woke up before his morning workout expecting a tranquil swim in Blue Marsh Lake under great conditions. But he soon became an unexpected hero. Jansen, who has completed the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York, 17-mile Rose Pitonof Centennial Swim, 28.5-mile Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, the 8-mile Boston Light Swim, put
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This aerial photo from Fly Me Cancun from the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Cancún, Mexico shows how straight the professional marathon swimmers can navigate in the open ocean. The pro swimmers have no lead boat or escorts to guide them; they just have an innate feel for the open water. Their
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Dan Martin, Ben Lecomte, Penny Palfrey and Diana Nyad…can there be any group of aquatic athletes training as intensely as these four? Martin does between 2 and 8 hours of swimming per day to get ready for his stage swim across the Atlantic Ocean. “I try and split the distance into three swims so I
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Ryan Seacrest may be a bit early in calling Chloe Sutton a 2012 Olympian (since she will have her chance to qualify for the USA Olympic Team in June), but the ubiquitous American celebrity did label the multiple national pool and open water swimming champion from Mission Viejo, California and a 2008 Olympic marathon swimmer
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