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“I kept on swimming, but I can’t seem to get there…,” so said Beth Rosen about her Hudson River Swim for Life. The video below explains her story. 2011 is the 20th anniversary of the 1-mile and 3-mile swims in the beautiful New York Hudson Valley. The event started with a single solo swimmer and […]
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Race organizers have canceled the Central Zone 14 and Under Open Water Swim Championships set for Lake Shawnee in Topeka, Kansas (U.S.A.) on August 4th because of the heat. In a letter to swimmers, parents and coaches, meet director John Dicus detailed new safety standards from USA Swimming that precludes a swim if the combined
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The 35th annual Olympic Club Trans Tahoe Relay, high up in the Sierra Nevada mountains bordering California and Nevada in Lake Tahoe, is an annual rite of passage for many. The mid-July masters relay is organized by the Olympic Club of San Francisco: Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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From Seattle to Sydney, Fukuoka to Fort Lauderdale, Rio to Rome, Miami to Melbourne, Cape Town to Chicago, people have the freedom to explore, enjoy and experience the open water. From seas and lakes to bays and rivers, the allure of the open water is an occasional challenge to some and a daily fitness fix
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Christian Jennings talks about the 2011 FINA World Championships
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If anyone has done their bucket list of open water swims, Vojislav Mijic has. He has swum hundreds of open water races and solo swims all over the world. The race director of the Sabac Swim Marathon, a race on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix series, he also knows the sport from the
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After tough Catalina Channel conditions prevented success in 2010 for North Carolina’s Mike Miller, he returned to the Catalina Channel in 2011 for redemption. Observer Lynn Kubasek commented, “We were entertained by many blue whales and spinner dolphins with big container ships loomed in the distance. Fortunately, Captain Greg is an expert in avoiding such
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One of the gutiest and most redeeming swims at the 2011 FINA World Swimming Championships had to have been the 25K victory by Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil. After finishing only 3.5 seconds out of an automatic Olympic 10K Marathon Swim berth at the 2012 London Olympics, Ana Marcela came back three days later, under
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In July, more than 6,000 athletes from 110 countries competed in Brazil in a unique event. The Military World Games is organized by the Conseil International Du Sport Militaire and based on the Olympic spirit without consideration of political, religious and/or racial issues. In 1995, the Conseil International Du Sport Militaire started the first world
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QUEBEC. Twenty athletes are entered in this week’s professional marathon swim in Magog, Québec, Canada. Petar Stoychev will be aiming for his unprecedented 11th victory in the 34K race in lac Memphremagog while Pilar Geijo will try to defend her title. Joanie Guillemette-Simard (shown on left), who competed last year despite a badly injured eye
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