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The new FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix race in Syria is 30K from Jableh to Latakia is scheduled on September 17th. Athletes and coaches will be well taken care of as soon as they arrive in Damascus and will be shuttled to their accommodations at the 4-star Teeshreen Hotel and the 5-star luxurious Rotana […]
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An estimated 4,000 – 6,000 metric tons of sunscreen washes off swimmers annually in the ocean worldwide. From the Mediterranean to the Pacific, sunscreens literally pour into the oceans off the skins of millions of swimmers who are trying to shield themselves from the harmful rays of the sun. But the sunscreens are not always
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Ignacio M. Sela described one of the world’s greatest open water swimming events, the LIII Descenso a Nado de la ría de Navia in Spain: Navia’s Estuary Downstream Swim will be broadcast live on national television on Televisión del Principado de Asturias. “We will install a giant screen which is most attractive for the spectators.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Rory O’Connor is the Race Director for the Tampa Bay Frogman Swim, a 3.1-mile swim in January to support injured Navy SEALs. Based on the SMEAC (Situation-Mission-Execution-Administration-Command) concept, he uses his experience as a former Navy SEAL and platoon corpsman to provide for the safety of his colleagues in
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Colin Hill, the visionary and impetus of Great Swims and a truly worldly individual, is now the Marathon Swimming Tech Manager at the 2012 London Olympics. The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim will be one of the showcase events at the 2012 London Olympics. It will be a massively attended event in Serpentine in the middle
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Bruce Kania, CEO of Floating Islands International, and his team has created a clever solution to help increase the water quality of open bodies of water. Floating Islands International has sold more than 4,000 floating islands – or plant rafts – to help clean polluted lakes and ponds in 12 countries. The plant rafts allow
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Jen Schumacher is aiming to be the first person in history to conquer the Oceans Seven, seven of world’s most renowned or toughest marathon swims. With the Catalina Channel under her cap (twice with a Catalina-to-mainland and a mainland-to-Crossing crossing), Jen is swimming towards a target no one has yet accomplished. She has everything going
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What happens before and during a FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup? Open Water Source takes you behind the scenes: During the pre-race technical meeting with Ivan Torres, the local race director of the FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup (Copa Mundial de Natación FINA Maratón 10 km) in Cancún, issues ranging from athlete safety
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The second leg of the FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup series (Copa Mundial de Natación FINA Maratón 10 km) will be held in Cancún, Mexico this Saturday, April 30th. What happens when 76 top professional marathon swimming stars get together? Open Water Source will take you behind the scenes for a closer look. The
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173 swimmers from the Fuzhou Winter Swimming Association in China, including 82-year-old Li Shizheng, traveled to Taiwan participated at the invitation of the Masters Swimming Association of Taiwan. The 12th annual 3K Olympic Hengchun Open Water Swim last weekend saw over 3,000 other swimmers take to the waters off Taiwan’s southern coastline near Kenting. Members
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