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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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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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Another race in the Miromar Lakes proved another demonstration of the strength, high navigational IQ and the increasing confidence of Ashley Twichell. The recent Duke University graduate who moved to the Mission Viejo Nadadores in Southern California specifically to train for the Olympics won another USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Championship today in the 5
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David Heron, a high school junior from Mission Viejo (shown in the middle of his teammates including Janardan Burns on right), pulled off a dramatic victory in the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championship 5 km race. Heron played his cards right as he stuck in the lead pack throughout the race until he
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Emerging from Miromar Lakes after a tough 10 km national championship on Friday, Dan O’Connor and Ashley Twichell recovered just enough to win the Crippen Sunset Mile on Saturday night. The tribute to fallen superstar Fran Crippen, the Crippen Sunset Mile providing a cash prize, but was open to everyone who wanted to participate in
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The Daily Mail reported that Olympic 10km Marathon Swim gold medal favorite Keri-Anne Payne has generated income of £500,000 from her sponsors, Links of London, British Gas, Speedo, Max Factor and Oral-B. With her bright smile, it is no wonder Oral-B is one of her sponsors. With British Gas’ support of British Swimming, it makes
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Ray Tsuchiyama wrote the history of swimming the channels in Hawaii with some interesting back stories about the Maui Channel, for the Maui News. He describes the first crossing by Jim Caldwell whose swim in 1970 set the stage for over other swimmers who have since crossed the 8.8-mile Maui Channel between the islands of
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Vicki Keith of Canada felt it in lakes and the channels. So did Gail Rice of Florida around Key West. Julie Bradshaw of Great Britain also feels it on her marathon swims throughout the British Isles. As do Paolo Cerizzi of Italy, Dan Projansky of Chicago, Héctor Ramírez Ballesteros of Spain, and Brenton Williams of
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