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As is traditional, the 2012 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix starts up in Argentina with a trio of professional marathon swims in Rosario, Santa Fe-Coronda and Hernandarias-Parana. The pro circuit then shifts to Capri-Napoli in Italy, Lac St-Jean and Lac Memphremagog in Canada, Sabac in Serbia and Ohrid Lake in Macedonia. World Open Water […]
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On New Year’s Day, Ochheuteal Beach in Cambodia, selected as one of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World, celebrated with a multi-event sea festival. Organized by Cambodia’s Ministries of Tourism and Culture, the beach was packed as Hem Thon Ponloeu won the men’s 5K race in 1:13:50 over Leom Uddom and Phin Rotha. Hem
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SANTA BARBARA. Scott Zornig of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association announced the Southern California Eight. The Southern California Eight becomes another destination goal for the growing marathon and channel swimming community to set off and achieve. In addition to the Oceans Seven, Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, the Still Water 8, the Five
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RIO DE JANEIRO. The King and Queen of the Sea amateur and professional swims in Brazil are world class entertainment. Competitive open water swimming, biathlons and fun in the Rio de Janeiro sun under the glaze of television cameras. Race director Pedro Rego Monteiro commissioned a theme song for the race – Chegou A Hora
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Mandy Lebides couldn’t swim freestyle 18 months ago and hated the idea of goggles. But she caught the open water swimming bug and completed her first channel swim – from Robben Island in four hours. But her road to success took a slight detour. “I planned to swim the Freedom Swim relay in 2011, but
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A new year is a great time to seek new goals and Amanda Fair Horton is a budding open water swimmer with a resolution that swimming will be another lap on her journey towards health. She has been inspired by Lynne Cox, one of the who’s-who of the sport. Lynne’s equivalent in sports would be
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TAMPA BAY. Rory O’Connor explains why he organizes the 5 km Tampa Bay Frogman Swim on January 8th across Tampa Bay, Florida. “The answer lies at the very heart of the event.” In 2009, Navy SEAL Lt. Dan Cnossen lost both legs and sustained numerous internal injuries as a result of a combat mission in
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Only 12 days after freakishly fracturing her tibia plateau and fibula in her leg in the final sprint of the Queen of the Sea pro race in Rio de Janeiro, Christine Jennings was back in the water. Told that she couldn’t get in the water for three weeks, Christine is quickly willing herself back to
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Vicko Šoljan of the Croatian Long Distance Swimming Federation will publish a grand gala monograph of the Croatian International Long Distance Swimming Championship – Faros Maratón in early 2012. Dr. Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee, wrote an introduction to the monograph, “I have a great pleasure to greeting this worthy publication about
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The answer depends who you talk to. But for much of the open water swimming world, the accepted distance of a marathon swim is 10 kilometers. Why? 10 km is the distance that is defined by the International Olympic Committee, FINA and the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
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