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Whether you swim in it, dive underneath it or dive into it, the open water has an allure for athletes of all ages, abilities nad backgrounds. In a new development, high diving will be part of the 2013 FINA World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain for the first time. Supported by the ultimate friend of […]
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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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The Planet Earth is made up of 70% water…and it looks that way when you stand on a shoreline and gaze out to the horizon. And it certainly feels that way when you are on a boat during a channel swim. And it certainly looks that way from the pictures taken from outer space. But
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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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For those interested in viewing NBC’s coverage in the United States of the Olympic 10 km Marathon Swim from the 2012 London Olympic Games, you can receive alerts here for the women’s race on August 9th and here for the men’s race on August 10th. For the first time in Olympic history in the United
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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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