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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
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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The excitement leading up to the 2012 London Olympic Games is building. There are precious few opportunities for the Olympic marathon swimming gold medal favorites to go head-to-head with one another. Cancún, Mexico presented the last of those rare opportunities. The hard-fought 10 kilometer battle in the beautiful tropical setting did not disappoint. The finish
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Teenage pool swimmer Fiona Goh jumped into the Pacific Ocean for the first time on a wintery cold morning on January 1st. The jolt of cold water didn’t surprise her; it merely served to rev her up for more. Since that January morning, she heads down to the California coast every weekend. Like many of
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Olympic swimmer Rene “Guy” Concepcion wants the global aquatics world to think of the Philippines when it comes to beautiful waters and outstanding open water swimming competitions. And the time may not be far off if Concepcion realizes his dreams. “It’s time for the Philippines to become the first country the world will think of
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Vincent Wood is a retired executive from California who formerly owned a steel fabrication business. The 75-year-old former Marine is now enjoying his retirement years as an open water swimmer in the Pacific Ocean up and down the coast of California. “I swim because I find it is the only exercise I can do reasonably
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In September 1979, the 58-year-old James “Doc” Counsilman stepped into the waters of the English Channel, attempting to become the oldest man at that time to successfully complete the challenging swim. What made the swim even more difficult for Counsilman was that four years earlier, he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. The 30-minute documentary
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Craig Coombs, Dr. Steve Minaglia and Dr. Scott Harvey completed their second channel in Hawaii yesterday as they crossed the 9.3-mile Kalohi Channel between the islands of Molokai and Lanai. Craig Coombs finished in 6 hours 6 minutes while Doctors Minaglia and Harvey crossed in 5 hours 48 minutes after their February conquest of the
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Open water swimming in the desert is like going to the moon or winning a Nobel prize. Few people imagined it and even fewer achieved it. But times have changed. What was previously impossible is now deemed possible, especially in the open water swimming world. Man-made desert lakes have long been an Arizona open water
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Setúbal Bay. In endurance or extreme sports, many rivals know each other well. They understand what each athlete has to do, what they must sacrifice and how they both train. They know they put in the hours and accept the rigors of their sport. So when they meet at a competition, smiles, handshakes and hugs
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Drury Gallagher, one of the giants of pool masters swimming and marathon swimming, was honored with the Irving Davids – Captain Roger Wheeler Award yesterday at the International Swimming Hall of Fame ceremonies. The International Swimming Hall of Fame’s Irving Davids – Captain Roger Wheeler Award was established in 1970 by the New England Marathon
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