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SuperSport of South Africa covered the controversy over the disqualification of one of open water swimming’s greatest ambassadors, Natalie du Toit. SuperSport reported that the 2008 South African team Olympic flag-bearer was disqualified for “unsporting behaviour after she was deemed by referee Peter Pienaar to have blocked the path of fellow competitor Michelle Weber” at […]
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Come mid-June on the two different sides of Mexico, Paul Lundgren and Penny Palfrey may be swimming into history. Both are scheduled for solo ultra-marathon swims in warm waters: Lundgren is attempting an unprecedented 76-mile (122 km) solo swim across the Sea of Cortez (see map below), starting on the eastern side of Baja California
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Swann Oberson, one of the pre-race favorites for the Olympic 10km Marathon Swim, talks about her strategy at the upcoming 2012 London Olympic Games with Swimming World Magazine’s Peter Busch: For a list of the women’s Olympic 10km Marathon Swim pre-race medal contenders, visit here. Courtesy of Swimming World Magazine
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The Saipan Swim Club is hosting the 9th annual Escape from Mañagaha on May 5th. This intimate and challenging swim is a 2.4 km crossing of the shipping channel between Saipan and Mañagaha. Saipan is the largest island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a chain of 15 tropical islands in
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The Swim Miami Presented by Nike is one of the highlights of the open water swimming circuit along the East Coast and Florida. The multi-race event (800m, 1 mile, 5 km and 10 km) draws swimmers from all walks of life, from newcomers to the sport of triathlons and open water swimming to Olympians. Among
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Open water swimming heroes and heroines, newcomers, triathletes and endurance explorers will gather in Long Beach, California on the Queen Mary on September 21st and 22nd this year (see standard twin room on left). Coaches, swimmers, administrators and race directors will participate in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremonies, Global Open Water
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One of the longest ongoing ocean swims in the Pacific Ocean continued on its tradition for young open water swimmers this past weekend. The 34th annual Saipan Swim Club Ocean Swim was held in the warm waters off the Saipan World Resort where age-group swimmers from Saipan and Guam participated in four different distances. Victoria
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More and more swims are establishing a sister swim (or twin swim) relationship. Sister swims are two independently organized open water swimming events that have a formalized mutually beneficial cooperative relationship. Sister swims are different from swims that are part of an established domestic or international series or circuit. Each swim promotes the other via
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The average difference in buoyancy of the same object in salt water versus fresh water is 2.5%. While differences in buoyancy of certain objects in saltier marine waters can be precisely measured, 2.5% is the generally accepted average difference. If the average center body depth of a streamlined swimmer doing freestyle in calm seas is
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A new television show Open Water Swimmer (Enigma Man) premieres on National Geographic Channel on May 10th in the United States. The one-hour show features Martin Strel (Big River Man) and a group of Chattanooga open water swimmers who showcase the unique and different physiological and psychological traits of swimmers. Borut Strel, Martin’s son and
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