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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
The following introductions and questions at the Women In The Water webinar will be answered by 7-time world professional marathon swimming champion Shelley Taylor-Smith and Open Water Source’s Mike Lewis: Diana Nyad IntroductionDiana Nyad is one of the most renowned marathon swimmers of all time. She eloquently speaks of her own endurance swims and the […]
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Alex Meyer, the first American to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics, spoke passionately and confidently to an overflow audience of enthusiastic coaches and administrators at the US Aquatic Sports Convention in Jacksonville, Florida. After he explained his own introduction and development in the sport, Alex issued a challenge to the Local Swim Committees in
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Dr. Maglione, President of FINA, described the aquatic venues at the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China, “…the success of the Championships can also be measured in terms of infrastructures and overall organisation. The venues in the Oriental Sports Complex were simply superb: the indoor pools for Swimming, Synchronised Swimming and Water Polo, the
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The city of Guadalajara and the Mexican Swimming Federation won the bid to host the 2017 FINA World Championships. “All the bids must be congratulated for their hard work and professional involvement. That is a guarantee that these championships will be outstanding, held in excellent facilities and counting with the highest support of the respective
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Social scientists tell us that only 6% of the population is really doing what they love in their lives. But in meeting with open water swimmers around the world at events, on beaches, along bays, in rivers and escort boats, their joy and exhilaration for life indicate to us that many – if not a
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An analysis by Open Water Source of the field at this Sunday’s RCP Tiburon Mile shows the prestigious professional race is…pretty average. That is, 41% of the swimmers are female – which is near the overall U.S. average for female participation. The average woman’s age is 33.2 years while the men average is 36.7 years.
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta follows champion swimmer Diana Nyad as she attempts to swim from Cuba to Florida after more than 30 years of not swimming. Tune in to CNN to watch DIANA NYAD XTREME DREAM on Saturday September 17th at 8 pm and 11 pm and Sunday September 18th at 2 am. All broadcasts are
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The Czech Cup, a series of over 20 races in the Czech Republic, has been held since 1975. Swimmers from Slovakia, Poland, Austria, Germany, France, Ireland, the Netherlands and Lithuania have participated as well as all of the Czech Republic’s top swimmers. The website for the 2012 Czech Cup series will be also in English.
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H2Open Magazine will provide an in-depth report on sharks’ relationship with open water swimmers in its next issue. As Editor Simon Griffiths writes “English Channel swimmers face many obstacles but not usually sharks. But swimmers elsewhere do, and these refined hunting machines strike fear into the hearts of many. Sadly this means they are often
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North, south, east and west,Open water swimming is the best. Cold, warm, smooth or rough,Open water swimming can be tough. Point-to-point or out-and-back,Mother Nature will give you no slack. In a lake, bay, river or ocean,Gotta keep up the forward motion. Winter, spring, summer or fall,In the open water, you can have a ball. As
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