101 Movers And Shakers In The Open Water Swimming World (2015)
101 Movers And Shakers In The Open Water Swimming World of 2015 are listed.
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Great Lakes Around The World – Lake Biwa, Japan
JAPAN. Lake Biwa is the largest lake in Japan with a growing number of open water swimming events being held on its shores. From the Ironman Japan where the storied event was held for many years in the 1980s and 1990s to the first solo (42K) marathon swim across the lake accomplished in 1989, the
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Connecting The Past With The Future In American Samoa
AMERICAN SAMOA. Bruckner Chase has started the Toa o le Tai program, an ocean swimming initiative, in American Samoa yesterday. “The stories down here are about as pure as you can get. The oral history and legends from both the ocean and the land are fascinating.” Despite a 3,000-year history with its surrounding ocean, the
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Swimsuit Exception At The Rottnest Channel Swim
WESTERN AUSTRALIA. As the swimsuit controversy continues to swirl in both the pool and open water swimming worlds, it is interesting to note how the Rottnest Channel Swim reasonably handles its particular circumstances in Western Australia vis-a-vis the venomous stingers that populate the Australian waters. In 2010, the Rottnest Channel Swim Association Committee amended its
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Why Is Big Shoulders Called Big Shoulders?
CHICAGO. For 22 years, Chicago has played host to the Big Shoulders 2.5K and 5K race along its shores of Lake Michigan every September. While “big shoulders” has always been a point of reference to the well-developed shoulders of swimmers, the genesis of the event name goes back to Chicago-born author-poet Carl Sandburg. Known alternatively
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Juan Marcos Budniewki And Bruno Lemaire Qualify For Coronda
Juan Marcos Budniewski and Bruno Lemaire both qualified for starting positions at the Maratón Acuática Río Coronda in Argentina on January 29th. Juan won the Santa Fe-Coronda qualification race in 4 hours 22 minutes and Bruno was second in 4 hours 41 minutes to earn a position in the 39th edition of the FINA Open
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Gustavo Oriozabala’s Solo Swim From Gran Malvina To Isla SoledadFrom
After his illustrious professional marathon swimming career, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer Gustavo Oriozabala from Argentina continued to swim and challenge himself as a solo swimmer. In February 2006, Gustavo became the first person to swim between islands in the Falkland Islands, known as the Malvinas in Spanish. He swam 8K in
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Upcoming Announcements From Croatia
The Croatian Long Distance Swimming Federation will announce its 2012 CRO-CUP schedule and unveil a new website for the Faros Marathon this coming spring. The 2011 CRO-CUP is an annual open water swimming series organized by the Croatian Long Distance Swimming Federation that offered eight different events: Zagreb (5km), Novi Vinodolski (5km), Omiš (10km), Ist
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TriMag Asia To Highlight Top 50 Open Water Swims In Asia
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. TriMag Asia will include an article about the Top 50 Open Water Swims in Asia in its upcoming issue. Open water swimming is exploding around the world – especially in Asia. New swims and attempts at solo swims and relays in new locations are popping up on every country
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Consequences Of Physicality In Triathlons vs. Open Water Swimming
LAUSANNE. Among the fastest open water swimmers in the world, especially among the female elite, there is plenty of physical contact not only around the turn buoys and by the feeding stations, but also in many places along the straightaways. Granted most of the physical contact is incidental and unintentional. Like many amateur swims, physicality
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