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MIDMAR, SOUTH AFRICA. In addition to the 8 Mile Charity Club efforts at the aQuellé Midmar Mile, race director Wayne Riddin have set up a Swimmers Fund where the participants in the Midmar Mile are requested to make donations to a special fund that will be distributed to the 2012 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim athletes […]
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WESTBROOK, MAINE, U.S.A. Pat Gallant-Charette is too busy to think about her age. At an age most are thinking about retirement and relaxation, Pat is thinking about training, logistics and acclimatization to cold water. For her channel swims, Pat is nominated for the 2011 Woman of the Year. Learn more and vote HERE for 2011
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PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA. The Maraton Patagones-Viedma International Open Water Swim is a FINA-sanctioned 10K professional marathon swim on February 4th 2012. Part of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit, it is supported by the Confederacion Argentina de Deportes Acuaticos and is one of the favorite stops on the professional marathon swimming circuit for many
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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA. Juliette Ball announced the Llandudno Swim Series, a series of cold water swims of varying distances to raise funds for the Development Through Sport in Cape Town, South Africa. The courses include a 800m swim for beginners and 1.6K, and a 3K if conditions allow. The entry fee of R100 goes
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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. Dr. Peter Attia, an accomplished open water swimmer who has crossed the Catalina Channel, stopped by and visited with OpenWaterSwimming.com (presented via a webinar). His presentation was shook the foundations of assumed nutrition advice and was very well-received. In simplified terms, Dr. Attia expressed a view of nutrition that is not
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There are chlorinated alternative training opportunities as the warm, long summer days morph into shorter, colder daytime experiences. “Now is the time to work on the skills that will get you through the water with speed and ease,” advises Bruckner Chase, Swimming & Ocean Sports Editor of Liberty Sports. It simply takes a bit of
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The open water swimming competition at the SEA Games XXVI/2011 began Thursday, November 17th on Putri Island among the Thousand Islands of Indonesia. The multi-sport SEA Games (Southeast Asian Games) are held every two year involving participants from the 11 countries of Southeast Asia including Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines,
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The open water swimming competition at the SEA Games XXVI/2011 began Thursday, November 17th on Putri Island among the Thousand Islands of Indonesia. The multi-sport SEA Games (Southeast Asian Games) are held every two year involving participants from the 11 countries of Southeast Asia including Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines,
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With only 25 berths available in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim, there are domestic battles before elite athletes can face their international rivals. Back before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the competitive rivalry between the Mexican swimmers literally came down to the last stroke during the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualifier. It was heartbreaking to miss
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, U.S.A. Kate Greene of Tennessee won the 2011 Adventure Swim Contest for her planned adventure swim from the east coast of American, starting in Tennessee to the west coast, ending in California There were a variety of motivations and inspirations behind her original application to the contest and her decisions about the logistics
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