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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nearly every marathon swimmer enters the depths of despair at one (or many) points of their swim. It may be due to jellyfish stings, sore backs, injured shoulders, strong currents, outgoing tides, large waves, cold water or frustration with the distance covered. What do swimmers and their crews do […]
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44 women from 21 countries have competed on the 2011 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix. The point leaders among the international field include the following swimmers after races in Rosario (ARG), Santa Fe (ARG), Viedma (ARG), Parana (ARG), Napoli ITA), Lac St-Jean (CAN), Lac Memphremagog (CAN), Sabac (SER), and the season-ending climax in Ohrid
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A dramatic documentary, Diana Nyad: Xtreme Dream, will be broadcast on CNN on Saturday, September 17th at 8:00 pm. Diana told CNN after her attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida was cut short nearly 50 miles from the start, “I was the best person I could be … that’s the message. I dug down,
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63 men from 22 countries have competed on the 2011 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix. The point leaders among the international field include the following swimmers after races in Rosario (ARG), Santa Fe (ARG), Viedma (ARG), Parana (ARG), Napoli ITA), Lac St-Jean (CAN), Lac Memphremagog (CAN), Sabac (SER), and the season-ending climax in Ohrid
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The FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix race in Serbia was a 19K professional marathon swim that along the Sava River, starting in Jarak and ending in Sabac. The men swam in a pack with Ivan Afanevich (RUS), Damian Blaum (ARG), Rodolfo Valenti (ITA), and Mohammed Saleh (SYR) among its leaders. The women swam in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The London 10km Marathon Swimming International is this week on August 13th. The tactics that the male and female Olympic 10 km marathon swimmers use a year from now may – or may not – be on display. What is going through the heads of these athletes as they
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Snow falls past midnight as I walk alone heading for home on a dimly lit city side-street. I think of days when I’ll find the roads that lead me to the open sea where I’ll swim over the high waves and dream of far-away destinations… Courtesy of John Daprato Copyright © 2011 by Open Water
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Federico “Denver” Troletti, president of Camuna Acquatica Swimming Club from Iseo, Italy, swum 54K across the length of Lake Garda. The organizer of the annual 10K round-the-island swim of MontIsola in Lake Iseo started in Riva del Garda in the north and took 16 hours 55 minutes to reach on Rivoltella in the south on
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Diana Nyad voluntarily pulled herself out of the water at 12:27 am on Tuesday morning after spending 28 hours 42 minutes in the Caribbean. For the first 12 hours of her swim, Nyad moved powerfully through the water. Confident in her preparations and confident in her team, she had
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Do you have a swim that is truly unforgettable? A swim that inspired you to take that next plunge? A swim that showed you how much is really possible in your life. Most of us in the open water swimming community have great stories and great memories surrounding our swims. Some of these swims may
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