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Open Water Swimming Championships in Gambia Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Gambia Swimming and Aquatic Sports Association is hosting its second national open water swimming competition at the Palma Rima Beach Hotel in Kololi on May 8th. The goal of the 500-meter championship that is being held under FINA rules is to bring […]
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From Malta To Gozo, Once Or Twice Courtesy of WOWSA, Malta-Gozo. The Malta-Gozo-Malta Open Water Swimming Competition is one of the world’s top open water swimming competitions. The Birkirkara St Josephs Sports Club-sponsored event is held in Malta, an archipelago situated in the Mediterranean Sea south of the coast of Sicily, Italy. The course is
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The Daily News of Open Water Swimming previously explored the parent-child relationship in open water swimming (see here). “I learned many years ago that it was best to do something dangerous and then tell Mom through photos of the event,” described channel swimmer and retired firefighter Barbara Held of San Diego, California. “It saved her
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Ocean swimmers understand the inherent risk of venturing beyond the shoreline. There are currents, tides, waves, Portuguese man o war, cold water and rough conditions to deal with. In some cases, there are also the deadly box jellyfish, sea snakes, orcas and sharks. But there is also the red devil, otherwise known as the Humboldt
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History will be repeated in the center of Paris at the new Traversée de Paris á La Nage that will be held on September 2nd. The 2.5K and 10 km open water swims head down the Seine River in the center of Paris. The Paris á La Nage will start at the Josephine Baker pool
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Open water swimming is a beautiful sport where athletes interact with nature in the most raw of situations. But every sport can have its gross parts and open water swimming is no different. Here are some ideas of what to expect in the gross-out department of the sport of open water swimming. Some things are
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It seems contemporary oceans are returning to their primordial make-up the way jellyfish populations are growing throughout the world. Ocean Care Solutions reports the following trends, scary for open water swimmers: • The population of the pink meanies in the Gulf of Mexico is exploding. The pink meanie skips the peanut butter, but it eats
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FINA President Dr. Julio Maglione announced the first FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships that will be held in the Niagara Falls area in Welland, Canada between August 16-19, 2012. “This new competition gives our young open water stars an opportunity to compete at the highest level.” As the newest aquatic discipline governed by
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For anyone who kayaks, escorts or paddles for open water swimmers, triathletes or channel swimmers, Liquipel offers a completely different way to communicate with the outside world. By Liquipeling your mobile phone, your mobile device becomes completely waterproof. Taking your smart phone on your kayak, escort boat or paddle board now becomes a reality. With
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Over 300 people braved uninviting weather on H2Open Day where Olympic bronze medalist Cassandra Patten presented the winners of the 2012 H2Open Awards at the inaugural ceremony organized by H2Open Magazine. The awards, designed to celebrate achievement in open water swimming, received over 200 nominations across the eight categories. A distinguished panel of judges then
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