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Kristel Köbrich, who tried to double up in the 800m and 10 km at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is focusing her aerobic talents on the pool for the 2012 London Olympics. The Chilean superstar and crossover athlete heading to her third Olympics is foregoing the 6-loop 10 km marathon swim for the 16-lap 800-meter freestyle. […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Spyridon Gianniotis, the world 10 km marathon swimming champion and one of the Olympic gold medal favorites in the marathon swim, was photographed holding the Olympic torch so Greek actress Ino Menegaki can light it during a torch lighting dress rehearsal at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece.
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With all the intense training, feeding debates, logistical hurdles, financial concerns and political issues that go on in the global open water swimming world, we are often reminded on just how beautiful and fun the sport is and should be. Open water swimmers and triathletes, from east to west and north to south in lakes,
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The remaining batch of 928,000 tickets for the 2012 London Olympic Games will be sold this Friday starting at 11 am GMT. After the sale, it is highly unlikely any tickets will be left although the last 150,000 or so tickets will become available as the last of the seat configurations are decided before the
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Anna Wardley, given the opportunity to be a part of the 2012 London Olympics and cover the sailing and windsurfing events for the duration of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, adjusted her Five Island Swim Challenge. “I was offered by London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games a position working on the London
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In May 2011, Bruckner Chase completed a historic 9-mile swim from Aunu’u to Utulei in Amerika Samoa. He was honored by High Talking Chief Fuiava and the village of Aunu’u with the honorary matai title, Uila o le Sami (“Lightning in the Ocean” in English). When asked by the Governor if there was a means
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American athletes eligible for the 2013 Maccabiah games can obtain online applications for the American 19th World Maccabiah Games Swim Team for both the open and junior teams. The 2013 Maccabiah games in Israel during July will feature 3 different open water swimming competitions in the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee): a 1.5 km race, a
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The Olympic 10 km Marathon Swim was accepted as a medal event by the International Olympic Committee in 2005. With a successful launch at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the sport was granted at least two more opportunities to showcase its athletes at the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. And
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Ray Gandy is hooked. After completing the English Channel in 2009 in 13 hours 34 minutes, he found and felt he had a lot more marathon swims left in him to complete after reaching the summit of the channel swimming world. On July 14th, Gandy will attempt an unprecedented 50-mile double crossing of Lake Memphremagog
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Three-time Olympic gold medalist Sandy Neilson-Bell, race director of the Money Box Cap 2k Swim, held the 10th annual race and pledge swim sanctioned by the American Swimming Association on May 5th in Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas. Ted Singley of Southlake Carroll won in 24:50 followed by his Southlake Carroll teammate Jonathan Roberts
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