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This week, Open Water Source is presenting a four-part series of the Greatest Open Water Swims In History. The Greatest Open Water Swims in History is a list of 101 historic open water swims, relays, professional marathon races, match swims or events in all seven continents on Planet Earth (as of 2011) that were unprecedented, […]
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Jesse Reynolds is a 15-year-old competitive swimmer who wears a prosthetic leg on land due to a rare condition, proximal femoral focal deficiency (a malformed hip socket and no thigh bone). But he did his first open water swim when he competed in the 5K race at the State Epic Swim and State Open Water
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Mohammad Hossein Bibi Kobadi continues on his 23rd straight day in his stage swim along the Persian Gulf. During his 1000K swim, the Iranian swim coach added a protective cage to his wetsuit, paddles and fins in the 20°C Strait of Hormuz. After a 25.9K swim the day before, he started his 23rd stage at
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People start open water swims in a variety of ways – some sprinting, some running, some jogging, many walking. Some do it aggressively, others calmly and others trepidatiously. The highlight program on Luiz Lima shows how they do it at the Traverssia dos Fortes at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Copyright © 2011
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In addition to the world-famous Flowers Sea Swim, the Cayman Islands Amateur Swimming Association (CIASA) organizes 7 different open water swims in its beautifully tranquil waters. Participants, mostly local, but an increasing number of foreign swimmers, range in age from under 10 to over 70. Races are well-run, low-key events with the highest of safety
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The State New Zealand 10km Open Water Swim in Lake Taupo served as a qualification race for the host swimmers from New Zealand. Faced with some of the fastest professional marathon swimmers on the planet, Cara Baker and Kane Radford maintained a sufficient pace in order to keep Olympic dreams alive. 5K world champion Melissa
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The Diamond Lake Open Water Challenge is a multi-event open water swim in Cassopolis, Michigan every June. A great early-season event in the Midwest calendar, within the hotbed of triathlete in the state of 10,000 lakes, it has been drawing raves from triathletes and swimmers alike. The Diamond Lake Open Water Challenge, hosted by Precision
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Tri-Valley Masters will host its annual 2-day Open Water Festival at Lake Del Valle in northern California on June 9th and 10th. They will stage a 5K and 10K race on Saturday and a 3/4 mile and 2.5K race on Sunday. Race Director Bill McCracken explains, “The Del Valle Open Water Festival specifically hosts the
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The word, skipper, mean the captain of any vessel or manager, coach or leader of a sports team. The common English word comes from a variety of sources including Middle English which was derived from the Middle Dutch word scip. It also was derived from Middle Low German and the Middle Dutch word schipper or
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The King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar) was memorialized in its 2011 video below. The professional and amateur race drew over 2,000 competitors in a fun-filled event that challenged many this year due to unseasonably cool water temperatures in Rio de Janeiro on the 2016 Rio Olympics marathon swimming course.
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