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FINA confirmed that the 5K, 10K (Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualifier), the newly introduced 5K Team Trial and 25K races will be televised from its 2011 FINA World Swimming Championships in Shanghai. There will undoubtedly be high tension before each race, incredible tactical racing throughout each event and lots of emotion after each race – […]
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After a week of its soft launch, it is interesting to see who is being researched on Openwaterpedia. The hottest people seem to be those individuals with recent exploits in the open water swimming world. Ultra-marathon swimmer from Australia Penny Palfrey, world champion and Olympic 10K hopeful from the United States Alex Meyer (shown on
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Alex Meyer is one of the top swimmers heading to next week’s World Swimming Championships. He is one cool character with a Harvard University education to boot. He will count on those smarts in the über-competitive, tactical 10K marathon swim in Jinshan City Beach. The competitors are all arriving in Shanghai this week – staying
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On the back of the successful 1.5K open water swim at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Special Olympics athletes worldwide are jumping into lakes, bays, oceans and rivers as the allure of the open water expands to previously under-served open water swimming communities. Bruckner Chase explains, “We added Special Olympics athletes to
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The official results of the 46th edition of the 36K race in Capri-Napoli, Italy as part of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix: 1. Rotislav Vitek (Czech Republic) 7.05’.49”2. Andrea Volpini (Italy) 7.06”00”3. Mohammad Saleh (Syria) 7.11’09”4. Evgenij Pop Acev (Macedonia) 7.21’27”5. Mattia Alberico (Italy) 7.22’59”6. Rodolfo Valenti (Italy) 7.27’52”7. Ian Van Der Hulst
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Beneficial Entertainment captures the essence of an ultra-marathon ocean swim here. Up and down, stroke-by-stroke, mile-by-mile, the ties that bind the swimmer and crew become increasingly tight as the hours pass by. Crew eyes on the swimmer. Swimmer eyes the crew. Everyone eyes the finish. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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The world’s fastest open water swimmers have gathered in a hotel near Jinshan City Beach in Shanghai for next week’s World Swimming Championships. With the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race on July 19th (women) and July 20th (men), the Olympic dreams of 10 women and 10 men will be realized – and the others
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Swimming World TV interviewed Steven Munatones on a variety of topics from his new book Open Water Swimming to the allure of open water swimming that has inspired and challenged many people around the world. He also offers a preview of the world championships and who might contend for gold. Watch the visit SwimmingWorld.TV for
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The Santa Barbara 6-mile Ocean Swim was held today at the Semana Nautica Sports Festival where 32 participants competed in the competition. The race ran along the California coastline from Goleta Beach to Arroyo Burro Beach near the University of California Santa Barbara campus as thousands of Americans enjoyed a peaceful summer day. However, the
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Niek Kloots of Open Water Swimming Europe offered some statistics from the European open water swimming summer season. Niek summarizes, “There are 917 events in the summer months alone throughout Europe.”In June, there are 227 open water events. In July, there are 373 open water events. In August, there are 306 open water events. Gotta
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