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The BBC Sports Personality of the Year is arguably one of the biggest annual sports awards in the UK Sports heroes, icons, role models.A range of sports experts from newspapers and magazines across the UK were asked to send in their top 10 selections. From these nominations, the final of 10 contenders for the 2011 […]
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Open Water Source sat down with Dr. Peter Attia to discuss current issues regarding nutrition that impact open water swimmers. This is the first of several segments Open Water Source is producing in the coming weeks to educated and inspire dialogue in the open water swimming community. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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The deadline for abstract submissions and registration to the International Aquatic History Symposium and Film Festival 2012 held at the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A. is January 20th 2011. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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There are numerous races around the world showcase the sport in beautiful setting with elaborate logistics and thoughtful planning. These open water races offer everything: interesting and challenging courses, live television coverage, exposure via archived online streaming, competitive elite fields, age-group and fitness swimmer heats, convenient hotel accommodations, pre-race training pools and clinics, comprehensive safety
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Dewi Lewis Publishing just released Susie Parr‘s latest book, the 192-page hardcover The Story of Swimming, filled with 180 photographs, paintings, woodcuts, cartoons & postcards. The book describes the social history of British swimming, from the earliest references in Roman and Anglo Saxon literature to the decline of British seaside resorts and traditional bathing clubs
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Colleen Blair is a Scottish swimmer who has crossed the English Channel, North Channel, Loch Ness and circumnavigated Manhattan Island and the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands. But this year, she went where no man or woman has ever gone before – across the Pentland Firth. “The Pentland Firth was a tough swim
In a global poll, 769 open water swimmers from dozens of countries were asked “At what temperature do you think the water gets cold?” The answers are below: Under 5ºC (41ºF) – 0% Under 10ºC (50ºF) – 7% Under 12.5°F (54.5°F) – 14% Under 15°F (59°C) – 20% Under 17.5°F (63.5°F) – 24% Under 20°F
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Lisa Bier wrote Fighting the Current: The Rise of American Women’s Swimming, 1870-1926 where she covers the early years of women’s swimming, with open water swims going back to the 1870’s, up to Gertrude Ederle’s 1926 Channel swim. A review by Jessica Kenty-Drane describes Fighting the Current as a riveting tale of American women fighting
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bruce Becker, M.D., M.S. received the 2011 John K Williams, Jr. Adaptive Aquatics Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Dr. Becker has long been in the forefront of researching and implementing the effects of aquatic immersion and aquatic exercise on those injured or rehabilitating. The International Swimming
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Something is up with the courageous Dan Martin. Given his audacious plans for a Global Triathlon, where he will literally attempt to swim, bike and run around the Planet Earth, he is in heavy training. Today, he is reportedly doing an 8-hour swim in San Francisco Bay today in 53°F (11°C) water. Dan will start
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