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How does one individual pull off a major solo swim in unchartered waters? Especially when that swim is between two neighoring countries with major political differences? [Read More…] Copyright © 2011 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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“I am in the best shape of my life,” Diana Nyad started off her press conference in Spanish. “Over the last two years, I have done 14 eight-hour swims, 9 ten-hour swims, 4 fifteen-hour swims, 25 five-hour swims, 18 six-hour swims, 1 twenty-four hour swim and one twenty-eight hour swim to prepare for this swim,”
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“I am in the best shape of my life. Over the last two years, I have done 14 eight-hour swims, 9 ten-hour swims, 4 fifteen-hour swims, 25 five-hour swims, 18 six-hour swims, 1 twenty-four hour swim, and one 28-hour swim to prepare for this swim. I am ready. I look at my previous 28-hour swim
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The 1st Sunday of the Month Swim had a debate earlier this year about wetsuit vs non-wetsuit swimming. As a result, there are now Wetsuits and Channel Rules categories where swimmers of both persuasions can distinguish their relative positions. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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The Kuroshio Current and Oyashio Current collide off Japan’s eastern coast in the Pacific Ocean. The Kuroshio Current is the world’s prominent warm current and travels at a speed of seven kilometers per hour, slightly faster than a running adult. This strong flow reaches a width of 100 kilometers and transports 50 million tons of
The Bled Winter Swimming Cup is coming up soon, relatively speaking. In order to prepare to swim well and safely in the 5°C water on February 11th 2012, acclimatization should begin soon. The idyllic Alpine Lake Bled, with an enchanting island and mysterious ancient cliff-top castle, was the host of 2010 World Winter Swimming Championships.
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Fish (noun): a term occasionally used during a channel crossing or a marathon swim in an ocean by an experienced support crew for the type of fish with a cartilaginous skeleton and a highly streamlined body with a tough usually dull gray skin, commonly known as a shark. Sharks are typically active predators that fascinating
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Cold water swimmers wearing only traditional swimwear will take on the cold Atlantic on Saturday in the Cadiz Heritage Day Swim (2.5K or 5K race) to celebrate the country’s cultural diversity and to raise funds for the elderly. The swim is part of the Cadiz Swim Series, a host of cold water sea swims which
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The following swimmers successfully completed 1 mile at the Speedo Ice Swim Africa in 5°C water at Nuwedam, Fraserburg, South Africa. Ice Swim – Heat 1 1. Philip Emslie 22:30:472. Brad Gale 23:38:343. Ray Butcher 23:43:804. Henko Roukema 23:57:575. Heinrich Langer 26:31:656. Jakob van Rouendal Smit 26:45:677. Tim Stiff 27:43:998. Mark van Schaik 28:29:049. Tony
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>Alex Meyer was awarded the top open water swimming award by USA Swimming at its recent annual convention. Alex received the recently renamed award, the Fran Crippen Memorial Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year Award. The award was established in 1984 and annually presented to USA Swimming’s most outstanding open water swimmer. This year,