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Charlene Wittstock, Nominee For The World Open Water Swimming Woman Of The Year

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Her Serene Highness Charlene Wittstock provides unbelievably outstanding support for the sport of open water swimming as the Princess of Monaco. A former Olympic pool swimmer, the Princess is truly genuine, clearly charismatic and a major player in raising awareness and significant funds to support open water swimming, especially for Special Olympics athletes. In many […]

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Trent Grimsey Retains His King Of The Sea Title

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The men knew it was going to be a dog fight, they just didn’t expect the waves to be so rough and the conditions to be so challenging. But the men from Italy, Australia, South Africa, Brazil and Argentina were up to the task. An 800m swim followed by a 200m beach run, five times,

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NYC Triathlon Adds Open Water Swimming Requirement

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Michael Buteau of Bloomberg reported that the New York City Triathlon added an open water swimming qualification standard due to two triathletes (a 40-year-old female and a 64-year-old male) who died of heart attacks during the swim leg of the 2011 1.5K swim – 40K bike – 10K run event. The New York City Triathlon

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Nuala Moore And Anne Marie Ward To Ice Swim The New Year

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Nuala Moore and Anne Marie Ward of Ireland are awaiting the arrival of Ram Barkai, founder of the International Ice Swimming Association, to Ireland. Ram will sanction Nuala and Anne Marie’s New Year’s Eve ice swim in the Bloody Foreland as they aim for Port na Blath. For the swim to officially qualify as an

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Theodore Yach’s 30th Anniversary Agonizing Lesson

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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Theodore Yach of Cape Town provides a first-hand recollection of his 30th anniversary swim around Robben Island in South Africa: My first successful crossing from Robben Island was in 1981. It was memorable for many reasons. I was courting Michelle, my wife of 26 years. I told her that

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Nutrition For Open Water Swimming – Keto Adaptive Diet (Part 1)

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Ana Marcela Cunha Is The Unexpected Queen Of The Sea

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Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil and Americans Christine Jennings and Ashley Twichell went blow-for-blow, stroke-for-stroke throughout the professional 4K King and Queen of the Sea event on Copacabana Beach. In the pole position on the first leg, Ana Marcela dialed back the pace on the second loop when Ashley moved into the lead. “It was

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Don’t Get Sucked In Thor’s Well

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Stay your distance from Thor’s Well in central Oregon, especially during high tide. But with the water temperature falling below 10°C for much of the year, only the most hardy from Ireland, Melbourne, Cape Town, Coney Island, Scotland and San Francisco are probably willing to give it a shot year-round.

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