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Ned Denison, one of the global leaders in the marathon swimming world, will be deservedly honoured by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame at its annual induction ceremonies. Ned who first proposed the Triple Crown of Prison Island Swims (or Triple Break) and who created the Cork Distance Week, stands tall in the channel […]
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The Cyprus Swimming Federation organizes the 5K and 10K Cyprus International Swimming Marathon (International Marathon 5 & 10 km Limassol). Cyprus is a popular tourist island destination in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece and south of Turkey. According to Michael Tyson, the course has small buoys every 250 meters and a large turn
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As a group, there is no collection of open water swimmers as focused and passionate about open water swimming than marathon swimmers. They spend the most amount of time in the water and they spend the most amount of money on their sport. They often train year-round for a swim that can depend on the
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With the growing interest in open water swimming and the Oceans Seven, an increasingly number of people are inquiring about swimming across the Tsugaru Channel. Yuko Matsuzaki, who is the daughter of the former director of the Japanese Coast Guard, has been instrumental in explaining the needs of marathon swimmers and channel swimmers to the
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Deborah McDonald directed and produced an independent film about International Masters Hall of Fame Open Water inductee, Suzanne Heim-Bowen. The film was selected to be shown at the 2012 Indie Spirit Film Festival on April 19th – 22nd in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 50 year old FRESHMAN Suzanne Heim-Bowen is the remarkable and unlikely story about
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Over 100 swimmers, true to the hardy South African spirit wearing mostly Speedo briefs, braved 12°C water temperatures and large surf to raise R10 000 for abused women and children in the 2.2 km Cadiz Human Rights Day Swim in Cape Town on Wednesday. 20-year-old world championship swimmer Danie Marais (shown running up the beach
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Reto Vuelta a nado Isla de Ibiza is a 5-stage marathon swim over 5 days covering a total of 70 kilometers (43.5 miles) around the island of Ibiza in Spain. All In Your Mind will organize a limited field of 16 elite swimmers who will tackle 5 individual stage swims between 12 and 14 kilometers
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The new professional BCT Gdynia Marathon in Gdynia, Poland is organized by Tomasz Pąchalski. The BCT Gdynia Marathon is an additional event in the amateur Morski Maraton Pływacki BCT Gdynia competition held in Gdynia, Poland. The new professional 18.5 km (11.2-mile) event will take place on the sunniest and warmest day between August 24th –
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Two great open water swimmers are wanted in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Michael Zoetmulder of Zports will invite two elite open water swimmers to visit South Africa between April 6th and 9th to take part in a trifecta of grand open water swims: 1. The tough 8 km Nelson Mandela Bay Bell Buoy
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Well before there was POW (Pool Open Water), there was the Fleishhacker Municipal Swimming Pool in San Francisco. Opened in 1925, the world’s largest heated salt-water pool was closed in 1971. 305 meters in length and nearly 50 meters at its widest point, the pool held 24.6 million liters of filtered seawater pumped in from
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