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Nino Fazio of Italy found a photo of the first crossing of the Strait of Messina near Sicily, Italy taken on September 26th, 1930. The swimmer in the photo was the young pioneer Giuseppe “Pippo” Dominici from Messina. Nino received the photo from Alberto Dominici, Pippo’s son. Pippo was 17 years old at the time, […]
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Lifelong swimmer and award-winning television journalist Lynn Sherr’s new book, SWIM: Why We Love the Water is a joy to read … and re-read. Tides of swimming history and unreported back stories and photos from the chlorine jungle to open bodies of water the world over fill each and every page. Her prose educates readers
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The King of the Rivers Cup, organized by Erik Van Loon, includes the 3 km Rotterdam Swim, the 10 km Amsterdam Swim, and the 2.5 km Royal Amstel Swim. “This year we will have a King Of The Rivers edition in Bonn, Germany and a King Of The Rivers edition in Australia in 2013 and
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It is a fact that marathon swimming requires a budget that rivals a triathlete (with a more-than-decent bike). But the cost of these swims prevents many people from even attempting a channel swim. Sure many thousands of swimmers work, save and sacrifice to fund their own swims while their spouses and families remain extraordinarily accommodating
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Cheyanne Boddicker lives about 1,700 km from the closest ocean. But the Iowa native always dreamed of crossing the English Channel. The Channel is geographically far away, but her dreams always burned brightly in her heart. Finding locations where she could train in the state known as America’s Heartland was not easy. And finding like-minded
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Ronald Vos, the Health Sport coach from Eindhoven in the Netherlands, is conducting research for King Of The Rivers – Netherlands on open water swimmers with disabilities due to chronic diseases. If there are any open water swimmers with disabilities caused by heart or vascular diseases, stroke or cancer, please contact Ronald via email at
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The FINIS Hydro Tracker is going to be put to the ultimate test this weekend. Joe Locke, who will be attempting to swim 30 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands this Saturday, will strap a Hydro Tracker to his goggles. Joe will face a maximum water temperature 50.2°F (10°C) and spots
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H2Open Magazine is now available on your iPad and Android – which should be great for potential subscribers around the world interested in the emerging world of open water swimming. The new app costs £1.99 (US$2.99) to download and that initial subscription comes with one free issue. Subsequent issues cost £2.99 (or US$4.99) with an
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Kane Radford and Melissa Gorman (shown on left) wrapped up the 2011-2012 State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series with their respective victories in the final stage. The 2.8 km King of the Bays race was both participatory with 1,400 swimmers, but also highly competitive among the elie athletes. The top 10 finishers in the series
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Kane Radford won the 2011-2012 New Zealand Ocean Swim Series with the final leg on Auckland’s North Shore at the 2.8 km King of the Bays where 1,400 others also took part. Kane remains on track to qualify for the Olympic 10 km Marathon Swim victory after setting a long-held 1500-meter pool national record at
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