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The world watches Stephen Redmond‘s SPOT Tracker. His progress to become the world’s first person to achieve the Oceans Seven will be relayed by his Facebook page and the little blinking SPOTLive animation as he crosses the Tsugaru Channel. As of this Saturday morning, the typically angry channel is whipping up its windy face. Redmond […]
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The Ghana Swimming Association will host its first National Open Water Swimming Championship next week on June 19th, starting at Chorkor Beach and finishing at James Town Beach (shown below). The western African country whose means Warrior King will hold its national championships in the following age groups: 14-16, 17-18, 19 & over in 5
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PowerBar, the giant leader in the American energy bar market, has finally entered the open water swimming market. The PowerBar Open Water Swimming Championships is organized by Birkirkara St. Joseph Sports Club in Malta. Edward Caruana Dingli (26:18) and 2-time Olympic medalist Saho Harada (30:17) from Japan won the 2 km race around four 500m
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Triathlon Magazine has published a recent article that incorporates the opinions and recommendations of superstar athlete Sara McLarty and one of the most accomplished masters swimming and triathlon coaches Mike Collins entitled Do You Need Open Water Swimming? Our opinion of the answer depends on who you are. If you are a race director, you
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The 100-year anniversary of the first circumnavigation of Manhattan Island will take place in a special event 2015 hosted by the NYC Swim. Several superstars of the sport are scheduled to swim. The stars include Manhattan Island record holders Ollie Wilkinson, Rondi Davies, Shelley Taylor-Smith, Elizabeth Fry, Kris Rutford, and Diana Nyad. Event director Drury
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Katie Rowe, A Swimmer In Hollywood Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Katie Rowe is a former world-class swimmer, water woman extraordinaire and Hollywood stuntwoman. Subsequent to her graduation from UCLA after a long stretch of swimming success, the native of Long Beach (California) parlayed her natural athletic talents to films and movies, appearing in
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H2Open Magazine yesterday announced that thanks to the support of Huub, Gone Swimming and Diabetes UK their iPad/Android app is now free to download and comes with a 16-page sample issue. H2Open Magazine is the world’s only magazine written exclusively for open water swimmers and covers everything from training for your first mile to tackling
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Khoo Swee Chiow is relentlessly positive as he has traveled to the ends of the world. The Malaysian adventurer is quite versatile having successfully climbed Mount Everest three times, reached both the South Pole and North Pole, completed the Seven Summits, cycled from Singapore to Beijing, completed the world’s longest scuba dive, and completed a
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In The Iron Lady, the movie about Great Britain’s first female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, actress Meryl Streep impersonates Margaret Thatcher talking about her philosophy of life. “Thoughts and ideas become words. Words become actions. What your actions are become your habits. What your actions are become your character. And your character becomes destiny. What
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With the 25 men and 25 women qualifed in the Olympic Marathon Swimming 10 km, the importance of a kick was never so evident in the open water. Those that have a good kick were not only able to make surges and moves within the race, but also most importantly shift gears at the end.
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