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The Other P2P: Peaks to Portland (Maine) “Normal people take the ferry; exceptional people swim back” – so said the flyer for the 30th annual 2.4 mile Peaks Island to Portland’s East End Beach swim, known locally as P2P. As someone who loves ocean swimming races, and has a home in Maine, I thought it […]
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ESPN, the American sports juggernaut, posted an article about the potential dangers of the open water swimming events at the 2011 FINA World Championships here (link to http://espn.go.com/blog/olympics/post/_/id/995/open-water-safety-still-an-issue-at-worlds) in Shanghai. While other major sports media outlets cover their top open water swimmers and their chances of success in the competition, ESPN and other American publications
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Ram Barkai, “the ice man” will be featured in an upcoming documentary on Super Humans based upon his cold water swimming adventures. Check out more at Cape Argus Copyright © 2011 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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With ten athletes automatically qualifying for the 2012 London Olympics 10K Marathon Swim in tomorrow’s world championship race in Shanghai, Open Water Source speculated on ten steps covering how an athlete would ideally prepare and race this pressure-packed competition. 1. Acclimate to warm-weather, warm-water conditions. The top athletes have spent time in warm-weather, warm-water conditions
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Open Water Source will cover the women’s 10K marathon swim Olympic qualifier in Shanghai tomorrow at 9 am Beijing time. Follow with extensive pre-race, in-race and post-race coverage via videos, tweets, commentary and results via The Daily News of Open Water Swimming and @openwatersource and the YouTube Openwatersource channel. With all the athletes staying at
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Reporting from Shanghai The start of the 2.5K rectangular course at the 2011 FINA World SwimmingChampionships is off of a floating pontoon where up to 65 athletes will bediving in. But the first tight 90-degree turn is only 200 meters away. One turn buoyand 65 athletes. That will inevitably lead to two things: an all-outsprint
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Sonar Safety System At the 2011 FINA World Swimming Championship, a new sonar safety system was purchased by the local Chinese organizers from Japan. The sonar system overlays the entire 2.5K rectangular course with a minute grid. This grid is monitored by an underwater sonar system that pings the entire course every one second. In
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At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, there were insiders of the sport whoconsidered Maarten van der Weijden a medal contender in the Olympic 10KMarathon Swim, but few thought he would win the gold medal. But Maarten believed and trained for his gold medal winning performance. Similarly at the 2011 FINA World Swimming Championships in Shanghai, thereare
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Highlights From Newport Beach Pier to Pier Swim Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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