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White Shirts Make Big Decision on Women’s 10K at the World Championships

The crowds in Singapore will be treated to tremendous races at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships that will kick off in on Monday, July 10th – or so indicated the event schedule. But due to poor water quality in Sentosa Island that exceeded the World Aquatics standards, the only race on Day One of the

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Clash of the Titans in the 10K at Singapore World Championships: Wellbrock vs. Paltrinieri vs. Rasovszky

The crowds in Singapore will be treated to tremendous races at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships that will kick off in on Monday, July 10th. On Tuesday, three Olympic and world champions will face off in the men’s 10 km race that is bound to come down to the last few strokes to determine the

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Ambassadors Represent Open Water Swimming at Singapore World Championships

World Aquatics announced two charismatic personalities as its open water swimming ambassadors at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships to kick off in Singapore on Monday, July 10th. Olympic champion and four-time world champion Sharon van Rouwendaal (31, Netherlands, MSF bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @svrouwendaal) and Olympian and model Alice Dearing (28, Great Britain,

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The Doctor Makes A House Call To The Tsugaru Channel

With Andreas Waschburger (38, Germany, MSF bio here, IISA bio here, @andreaswaschburger) waiting in the wings and Alexandra Rossi Cima (50, Brazil, MSF bio here) coming up later this month, soloists Robert Woodhouse (Australia, 59, MSF bio here) and Gráinne Moss (55, Ireland, MSF bio here) were lining up in Kodomari to make their attempt on the 19.5 km

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When Andreas Waschburger Made An Important Decision in the Tsugaru Channel

There comes an inflection point in every channel crossing and marathon swim when a swimmer When the water temperature dropped from 23°C to 15°C and the flat water turned angry in the Tsugaru Channel about 12 km from his finish in Hokkaido, Andreas Waschburger (38, Germany, MSF bio here, IISA bio here, @andreaswaschburger) met his

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