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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
With 8,700+ swimmers participating in the seeding events and another 17,000+ swimmers participating in the Midmar Mile, its organizers have a lot of safety, logistics, record-keeping and operations to manage. Inspector Jack Haskins, a long-time K9 Search and Rescue officer with the South African Police Service, has played a major role for many years in […]
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The Traversée internationale du lac Mégantic is a well-organized 10K professional swimming marathon in Lac-Mégantic on August 11th. Lac-Mégantic is a beautiful lake in Québec, Canada where the warmth and hospitality of the organized committee welcomes swimmers from around the world. Capable professional marathon swimmers interested in participating in the sixth leg of the eight-race
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ARGENTINA. The Maratón Internacional Hernandarias – Paraná FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix was held this afternoon in the Paraná River. Although athletes prepared for the 88K, one of the world’s longest open water races, weather forced the event to be cut short to only a 5K event. On the men’s side, Trent Grimsey from
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Thousands of athletes have challenged themselves to cross channels around the world: English Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, Tsugaru Channel, North Channel, Cook Strait, Strait of Gibraltar. While two-way crossings are rare, three-way crossings are exceedingly rare. In the English Channel, Antonio Abertondo did the first two-way crossing in 1961, taking 43 hours 10 minutes.
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Among the celebrities participating in the 2012 Midmar Mile in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa is Martin Strel, the Big River Man. Martin will speak about his achievements, the mental and physical preparation required, maintaining motivation for endurance achievements, goal setting, and a variety of water and environmental issues. He will also sign his books and DVDs
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Fernando Ciaramella, who just competed in the shortened Maratón Internacional Hernandarias – Paraná FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix on Monday, honed his marathon swimming experience in Lago Nahuel Huapi, a lake in Argentina’s northern Patagonia. He completed the double-crossing of Lago Nahuel Huapi in 4 hours 45 minutes between the Port San Carlos and
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Ben Campbell-MacDonald, a Policy Analyst with the National Health Committee of New Zealand, completed an unprecedented 81K 18.5-hour solo wetsuit swim across Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand from Kingston on the lake’s southern point to Glenorchy on its northern tip. Lake Wakatipu is in the South Island, is New Zealand’s longest lake and is renowned
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Goggles and jet travel were game-changers over the past century in the open water world. Goggles enabled training times to lengthen and intercontinental jets made travel significantly faster and easier to different competitions and locations. Online social networks and GPS on escort boats similarly help revolutionize the sport of open water swimming. Not only can
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In the second freak accident to hit the elite echelon of America’s professional marathon swimmers in recent months, Olympian Alex Meyer suffered a fracture in his collarbone caused by a bicycle accident. His injury comes after the double leg fracture that his American open water swimming team member Christine Jennings suffered in a professional race
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IRELAND. Anne Marie Ward decided on short notice to do a short swim. With the calm surface water at 4.5°C (40.1°C) and the water below at 3°C (37.4°C), Anne Marie approached it as a training swim under light rains and took off with her crew of Noel Brenann, Willie Sheridan and Ryan Ward. Her time
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