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Tom ‘Iceman’ McGann, himself a passionate proponent of winter bathing took a great photograph of the Iceberg Athletic Club in January 1962. Those tough men, members of a club founded in 1918, look remarkably physically fit, full of vitality and ready to hit the waves in any temperature. The Iceman describes the group, “They range […]
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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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1972 Olympic triple gold medalist Sandy Neilson-Bell has a lot on her plate at the upcoming Money Box Cap 2k. The charity swim has a split personality with both highly competitive and merely leisure swimmers enjoying the 2K course from Red Bud Isle to the Texas Rowing Center near Austin as well as being site
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Some of the world’s greatest open water swimmers are among the 400 entrants in the 7.5K Cadiz Freedom Swim from Robben Island, South Africa on May 7th and 8th. With 13°C (55°F ) waters, strong currents and marine life, the Cadiz Freedom Swim also celebrates South Africa’s Freedom Day while raising funds for Vista Nova
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What open water swimmers would see if they could swim in the depths: Copyright © 2011 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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U.S. Masters Swimming published 18 video presentations of the sessions, interviews and case study presentations from its Protecting Athletes Open Water Safety Conference in San Francisco last month. The Conference brought together open water and triathlon event directors, administrators, medical personnel, military experts, researchers and athletes who discussed the best practices in the sport and
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Marcos Díaz is charismatic, polished and a true humanitarian. Winner of the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year award, he will accept his award at the United Nations on June 19th. Copyright © 2011 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Roman Urbina set a marathon swimming record in the Gulf of Nicoya
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The all-important Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race will be held at the 2011 FINA World Swimming Championships in Shanghai. The competition course for the 5K, 5K Team Time Trial, 10K and 25K races is located within an embankment in Jinshan City Beach, outside of Shanghai. The water in the embankment originates from sea water
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FINA announced today the cancellation of the long-running FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix held in the majestic Sumidero Canyon, Mexico. This decision has been made based on the recommendation of the FINA Sports Medicine Committee due to water quality levels. FINA has a rule (OWS 5.3) that states “a certificate of suitability for use
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