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The Waikiki Roughwater Swim is an annual tradition on Oahu since October 1970. The brainchild of Jim Cotton, the 2.4-mile course is not only to one of America’s leading community swims, but it also gave birth to the swim leg of the Ironman triathlon. “The course has never been changed. The distance has been stable […]
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Back In The Day Courtesy of WOWSA, Long Beach, California. Crossing large bodies of water remains an adventure – and the Queen Mary was the site of plenty of stories. The RMS Queen Mary was an ocean liner that sailed primarily in the North Atlantic Ocean between 1936 and 1967. The Queen Mary along with
The International Olympic Committee and LOCOG (London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games) has allocated 950 individuals to participate in the 34 swimming events at the 2012 London Olympic Games. 50 of those swimmers (25 women + 25 men) will compete in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim and the rest will participate in
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The British press reported on the passing of Shirley May (France) Setters who wowed the international press in the 1940s. The nearly 6-foot Somerset beauty was 16 when she first tried to cross the English Channel in 1949. According to reports on the swim, she was so determined that she bit a man trying to
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One of the greatest swimmers of all time, Greta Andersen, burst on the world’s stage when she won the gold medal at the 1948 London Olympics. Confident, personable and talented, she made quite a scene on the pool deck, on television and across channels. She continued her unprecedented and unsurpassed career for another 20 years
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Martin Strel, known as the Big River Man, has ventured where no person has gone before. He has swum the length of the five major rivers of the world in solo stage swims: the Amazon through Peru, Colombia and Brazil, the Danube through central Europe, the Yangtze in China, the Paraná that runs through Brazil,
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Dr. Angel Yanagihara is a world-renowned biochemist and Director of the Pacific Cnidaria Research Lab in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her innovative research on box jellyfish and relentless work to develop antivenoms was kick-started by her own open water swim where she was badly stung. Her research – done while night scuba diving with its inevitable sting
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Many women prefer wearing black when they go out for various reasons. Keri-Anne Payne mixes in a little gold in her black attire. Her look here reminds us of the ambiance of Bruckner Chase’s Legions of Ocean Heroes. Heroes and heroines are found in all kinds of venues in the open water: mostly mild-mannered, humble
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The eyes of the marathon swimming world will be cast on New York City when 43 solo swimmers, 7 relays and 1 team pursuit relay will take to the waterways around Manhattan Island. Similar to the 2011 race when a young female swimmer (Erica Rose) took off and kept going to a comfortable victory, expectations
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After an exciting season in different venues from the Harbour Crossing Auckland, Paihia Classic Bay of Islands, Capital Classic Wellington, La Grande Swim Akaroa and Sand To Surf Mt Mauganui, this seasons’ New Zealand Ocean Swim Series will come to a climax on March 31st with its State King of the Bays North Shore event.
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