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Aisling Beacom, who started her career as a member of Wicklow Sea Swimming Club, is one of 126 swimmers who will represent Ireland at the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games. But this isn’t the first time that Aisling has represented Ireland on the international stage. Through Special Olympics Ireland’s Athlete Leadership Programme she visited […]
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Great Britain is on a role. It has a number of elite superstars that belie its relatively small domestic swimming population (Rebecca Adlington in the pool, Keri-Anne Payne, Cassandra Patten and David Davies in both the pool and open water, and world-renowned channel swimmers like Kevin Murphy, Michael Read, Alison Streeter and many others. It
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International Swimming Hall of Fame and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame honoree swimmer Shelley Taylor-Smith was selected as one of Australia’s 50 most adored celebrities, fashion icons, industry leaders, sporting legends, unsung heroes, high achievers and women of the land. These 50 influential achievers shared their stories and insights in a new book called
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I swim. Crisp clean water. Buoys dancing. Bright blue sky. Birds soaring. I swim. Adrenaline pumping. Muscles tightening. Heart pounding. Lungs burning. I swim. A bright kayak. My loyal guide. Glistening paddles. My mirrored twin. I swim. Water splashing. Whistles blowing. Excitement building. People cheering. I swim. What a beautiful poem by Melissa Ingalls of
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In an announcement that is surely to have a significant impact on the American elite open water swimming world, Chloe Sutton announced a hiatus from open water swimming in 2012 in an interview with USA Swimming correspondent Bob Schaller.Chloe responded as follows when he asked, “Will you go for open water in the Olympics in
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John & Tammy Van Wisse On WOWSA Live Courtesy of WOWSA Live, Huntington Beach, California. Tammy and John van Wisse, an extraordinarily dynamic brother-and-sister marathon swimming duo from Australia, will appear on Open Water Wednesday today. They have endurance genes in their blood and a special mental strength to help them reach the pinnacle of
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The unique ranking system for marathon swimmers of all ages, abilities, backgrounds and nationalities enables individuals to see rankings by age, by nationality, by gender, by year and by location (e.g., English Channel, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait, Strait of Gibraltar). The ranking system will continued to be tweaked and modified in order to create buzz
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Martin Strel trained in San Francisco’s Aquatic Park for his upcoming Colorado River swim with the Night Time Swimmers in the 12°F (54°F) water. He later shared stories of his swims in the Amazon River (5268K in 66 days), Yangtze River (4003K in 51 days), Parana River (1930K in 24 days), Mississippi River (3797 in 68 days), Danube
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are few young adults with the level of success established over a wide variety of eclectic activities as Megan Melgaard; From racing around islands to acting as a Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer and conducting water safety exercises for Delta, Melgaard has experienced the ebbs and flows of an
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There are some great mass participation swims in Israel including the Sea of Galilee event, one of the world’s top 100 open water swims, as well as specialty marathon swims such as the 3 Seas In 3 Days event. In reading Jeremy Epstein’s blog, there seems to be a practical reason for the popularity of
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