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Swimming World Magazine named Keri-Anne Payne as its 2011 Open Water Swimmer of the Year. Her male counterparts included Germany’s Thomas Lurz and Greece’s Spyridon Gianniotis who were named Swimming World Magazine’s co-Open Water Swimmers of the Year. The November issue of Swimming World Magazine also included an article on the 2011 RCP Tiburon Mile, […]
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The Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association awards banquet was held last night, honoring its 7 successful channel swimmers of 2011.br> The honorees include Jim Neitz, Forrest Nelson, Tina Neill, Marcia Cleveland, Chris Layton, Lynn Kubasek and Alan Morrison. Recollections, memories, comments and stories from each of the swims were shared over a Mexican dinner in
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Chris Palfrey and Christie Leet completed their 21K swim from Hamilton to the Queensland mainland among the Australian Whitsunday group of islands. “We were treated to the sight of dolphins, green turtles and schools of mackerel feeding on bait fish. After our start in Hamilton, we rounded the southern tip of Dent island, before heading
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Speedo, the world’s leading swim brand, is hosting a triathlon Masterclass event at Royles triathlon store in Wilmslow on November 12th Olympic 10K Marathon Swim silver medalist and two-time world 10K champion Keri-Anne Payne. Tri247 is offering a chance for one extraordinarily lucky individual to win a one-on-one training session at Royles with coach Dan
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In discussions among open water swimming enthusiasts around the world, people occasionally discuss great open water swimming venues, from Malta, Messina and Melbourne to Dover, Cayman Islands and Cape Town … How does the open water swimming community define outstanding venues? It is our guess that everyone has different parameters to define their ideal venue.
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The registration for the always popular and generally sold-out 26.4K 25. International Self-Transcendence Marathon-Schwimmen Zürichseeschwimmen von Rapperswil nach Zürich on August 5th 2012 are now open. Registration will remain open until November 15th. On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, the extremely popular Manhattan Island Marathon Swim filled up quickly. Immediately upon the application
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FINA provided a number of clarifications and rules regarding open water swimming. These include the following: BL 9.3.7.2 Numbering of swimmers The numbering of athletes is to appear on the arms, upper backs and hands of competitors. On the arms, the numbers shall be arranged vertically. On the upper backs and hands, the numbering is
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In a series of posts on nutrition for open water swimming, Evan Morrison (here, here and here) and Donal Buckley wax poetically and passionately about nutrition and marathon swimming. They explore, inquire and ponder a number of issues, ideas and information. The World Open Water Swimming Association will ask
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TriMag Asia‘s upcoming issue will have an article on the Oceans Seven. It call the Oceans Seven, the last great challenge in endurance sports. While it may be a great challenge in endurance sports, the road to the Oceans Seven has just begun for marathon swimmers around the world. As renowned marathon swimmers like Penny
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The strong Italian national open water swimming team includes the following athletes: [Front Row] Simone Ercoli (coached by G. Pistelli), Fabiana Lamberti (coached by L. Piscopo), Federica Vitale (coached by Emanuele Sacchi), Gianlorenzo Parmigiani (coached by Emanuele Sacchi), Rachele Bruni (coached by G. Pistelli), Martina Grimaldi (coached by F. Cuzzani), Nicole Cirillo (coached by M.
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