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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
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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Kate Greene of Nashville, 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 In a difficult choice among 57 applicants from 9 countries, Kate was selected for her Kate Adventure Swim, an adventure that consists of
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How technology dramatically changes things – and can bring the world’s open water swimming community closer. Back in 1998, Benoit Lecomte took 73 days in his continuous stage swim across the Atlantic Ocean. 2 months and 2 weeks after leaving Massachusetts, he swam and drifted 3,716 miles to the French shore of Quiberon. Benoit was
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While mankind has been swimming purposefully in oceans, seas, lakes and rivers for over three milennia from the South Pacific to the western shores of Africa, the beginning of the modern age of open water swimming is acknowledged by some when Lord Byron swam across the Hellespont in 1810. Nearly two centuries after Lord Byron’s
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The first solo attempt across the Sea of Cortez will pit Paul Lundgren against creatures large and small over 60 miles. Paul talks about his 96.5K challenge from Baja California to mainland of Mexico, “People are continuously exceeding the limits of physical endurance. The new frontier is not across the spans of oceans or found
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Swim Across America has been making waves for two decades. With each stroke, each swimmer and each event giant waves are formed in its nationwide fight against cancer. Swim Across America, Long Island Sound in its 19th season raised over US$1,200,000. Nine swimming venues, nearly 1,000 swimmers, 70 teams and over 500 volunteers participating in
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A swimmer stretches on a shore on Maui with the warm tropical water lapping at his ankles. Another swimmer stands shoulder to shoulder with hundreds of shivering competitors as winds whip up the waters of Lake Michigan into an endless chorus of whitecaps. A third swimmer adjusts her goggles as she prepares to dive into
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The Japan to Taiwan Ocean Swim Challenge was an unprecedented country-to-country 6-person 120K marathon swimming relay. For their 50-hour relay under difficult conditions, the 6 intrepid swimmers are nominated for the 2011 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. Learn more and vote HERE for the WOWSA Awards for 2011 Man of the Year,
After 21 days and 309K, Craig Torr, Liz Webb and Richard Willmore completed their unprecedented stage swim, traversing the entire length of the Breede River, from its source in Ceres to its mouth at Cape Infanta in the Western Cape, South Africa…where the world’s largest Bull Shark reside. Why? “Because we love swimming, and we
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