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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 20.2 miles (32.5 km) between Santa Catalina Island and the Southern California mainland is a marathon swim achieved 265 times by 227 people since 1927. From the well-documented Wrigley Ocean Marathon Swim in January 1927 in tough conditions, leaving in mid-day into 54 waters, when only George Young of […]
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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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The gold standard in the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming was established by Rendy Lynn Opdycke when she completed the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 7:46:32 on July 5th, the English Channel in 10 hours 54 minutes on July 27th and the Catalina Channel in 8 hours 28 minutes on August 9th during a
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No way. It’s not right. Can’t be done. Shouldn’t be done. These are just a few of the comments overheard from coaches when the 3-person mixed-gender 5 km relay format was introduced on the international open water swimming circuit. It is not fair to the men and it’s not fair to the women. The 2-men
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Similar to hundreds of other channel aspirants around the world, Tom Fristoe, founder and CEO of TeamUnify, completed his mandatory 6-hour swim before his English Channel attempt later this year. Fristoe, who is attempting a 34-day completion of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, did his practice swim in La Jolla Cove near San
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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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