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Another indication that marathon swimming is entering its greatest renaissance is the fact that Quinten Nelson is back. He is an escort pilot in the North Channel between Scotland and Ireland. He escorted Maggie Kidd across the North Channel in 1988 in 15 hours 26 minutes, but he has swimmers booked throughout June, July, August […]
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Susan Simmons is an open water swimmer with Multiple Sclerosis from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. In 2011, she swam in her first open water ocean swim as part of an women’s relay team 34K across the Salish Sea. In 2012, she will attempt her first 10K solo ocean swim. She writes about her swim here:
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Susan Simmons is an open water swimmer with Multiple Sclerosis from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. In 2011, she swam in her first open water ocean swim as part of an women’s relay team 34K across the Salish Sea. In 2012, she will attempt her first 10K solo ocean swim. She writes about her motivation here:
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Colin Hill is known to be willing to swim anywhere anytime. Warm or cold. Smooth or rough. Fresh or salt, Colin can gear up for any open water swim. Or underground swim, even if he is warned not to do it. For the first swim of 2012, along with his girlfriend, he planned unusual New
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Charlie Gravett, Vice President of the Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club announced there are now 26 booked 41-mile Round Jersey and Jersey to France swims. “15 of those Jersey to France include both solos and a relay from the Jersey Juniors, a mob of 14+ year old youngsters all with a growing CV of swims
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NYC Swim reported that Captain Earl Sandvik, the lead boat captain for the past 12 years, a 17-year veteran of NYC Swim events with 114 NYC Swim events under his helm, passed away. This is how NYC Swim remembered him: It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Earl Sandvik, NYC Swim’s
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5 down and 2 to go. Not only does Stephen Redmond have the opportunity to become the first person in history to complete the Oceans Seven, but may also set the standard in completing the daunting 7-swim challenge in a short window. “This [Oceans Seven] is something that is driving me,” said the famed Irish
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Bushtukah Bring on the Bay 3K Open Water Swim in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada has something for everyone. “We provide a very popular swim bag made and provided by Genco Marine with lots of prizes for winners, leading fundraisers, and random winners. Everyone has a chance to win something at the luau party in the evening
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Michelle Vawer is a model who appears in the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. She was born in Vancouver, Canada, but grew up on Oahu. She swam as an age-group swimmer in Hawaii and was recruited to swim at Yale University. Before she decided to model with IMG, she became the 142nd swimmer to cross
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The first SwimBarcelona event took place last year with the help of volunteers and the Barcelona City Council. “Without a doubt, the effort was worth,” said Aida Molina. “Swimmers enjoyed with an impressive view of the Barcelona coastline throughout the swim. The 5,700 and 3,600 straight-line meters between the Barceloneta beach and the Forum Harbour
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