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At the European Open Water Swimming Championships, international superstar Thomas Lurz won his fourth consecutive European 10K gold medal in a typical fashion, holding off a fast-closing field in Israel’s Red Sea. The victory for the King of the Sea was well-deserved at Royal Beach and was, incredibly, he 25th international medal. With excellent weather […]
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Scott Zornig, Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association president, wrote the following about his opinions regarding What Is Wrong With Marathon Swimmming: As the President of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association, it is time to write about some things which have been gnawing away at me regarding marathon swimming. Please note that these are just
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Italy was expected to win the 3-person 5K Team Event at the 2011 European Open Water Swimming Championships in Eilat, Israel and won in major fashion by over one minute. Italy with Rachele Bruni, Luca Ferretti and Simone Ercoli won the gold in 56:12.4 over the Germans (57:15.2) and France (57:41.1). 2-time defending champion Russia
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Italy’s Martina Grimaldi has enjoyed the view of the podium around the world, but standing on top of the always competitive 10K race at the European Open Water Swimming Championships is always especially sweet. Martina won under exceptional conditions in Eilat, Israel’s Royal Beach on the Red Sea in 2:00:18.6, in a tight finish over
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Joe Grossman, an inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, traveled the world promoting and helping organize professional marathon swims and the World Professional Marathon Swimming Association circuit. Joe compiled a massive amount of information on the sport of open water swimming and on marathon swimming events and athletes in particular. His writings
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If any cities would like to bid for FINA Grand Prix or FINA World Cup competitions, the bidding process begins here. FINA announced that the scheduled meeting of the National Federations and Race Promoters for the FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup and FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix in Hong Kong on September 30th has
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Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard, Yale, California Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, University College London, University of Chicago, MIT, Princeton, Columbia, McGill, ETH Zurich, Australian National University, University of Edinburgh, University of Hong Kong and Tokyo University are considered among the best and most prestigious universities on Earth, attracting the best and brightest among the world’s
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Everyone loves lakes, but they need help. Amy McLoughlin, Sustainable Tourism Adviser of Nuture Lakeland, explains about the Love Your Lakes campaign. “Our campaign is based in the English Lake District, but the message is transferable. Too much phosphate from laundry and dishwashing detergent is ending up in our lakes causing toxic blue-green algae to
Home to four of the seven Oceans Seven challenges (Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, Tsugaru Channel and Cook Strait), the Pacific Ocean can be an inviting place … as opposed to the irascible English Channel (see Donal Buckley‘s video below of this week’s conditions seen from Dover Harbour). The Pacific Ocean’s name was given by Portuguese
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Henley Swim Classic swimmers, volunteers and staff start preparing before the crack of dawn. But this year, there is something different to look towards. The Henley Swim Classic starts at sunrise, but swimmers will enter relay teams of four to take part in team pursuits for close-quarter racing
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