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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Race Director Wayne Ridden has the right protocols, procedures and policies when it comes to protecting the lives of tens of thousands of swimmers – one of whom includes the future Princess of Monaco, Charlene Whitstock – and another including the renowned Lewis Pugh at the aQuelle Midmar Mile in South Africa. “We have the […]
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The future Princess of Monaco, Charlene Whitstock, will be participating in the aQuelle Midmar Mile this weekend in South Africa. The native South African and Olympic swimmer told Multisport Magazine, “I have never swum the Midmar Mile before, so that would be the first motivational inkling to come and do this iconic event. Wayne Ridden,
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Father and coach Dr. Jack Fabian reported on his daughter’s recent victory in the pro FINA 12K race in Patagonia. “It was challenging.” “Eva moved on the third loop of five. The last turn coming into the finish made for a very tough ending to the race. There were strong currents and a sea lion
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How can humans swim for so long and so far and so fast in water that is so rough, so warm or so cold? They train for it; their bodies adapt as they push themselves with a lifetime of training; their minds are like steel traps enabling them to push themselves beyond belief. As an
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This is taking cold-water acclimatization to a different level: Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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What is open water swimming? It can be hard to describe it comprehensively. Depending on your preferred niche, you could describe open water swimming in any number of ways and based on a wide variety of types of swims. These include solo swims, relays, stage swims or stage relays, circumnavigations, charity swims, sanctioned age-group races,
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Olympic 10K marathon swimmer Ky Hurst spent some time between workouts modeling European togs and beachwear for Kerri-Anne, a popular Australian television personality. Australia’s Daytime TV Queen very much enjoyed discussing Euro-togs on one of her recent shows. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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This past weekend, Evgeny Drattsev of Russia and Eva Fabian of the USA out-swam their competitors (47 from 15 countries) in the new 12K La Patagones Viedma pro marathon race. Swimming in the Negro River, the athletes had the pleasure of competing in the southernmost open water swimming race in the world. Two-time world silver
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With its northerly position on the globe, Canada is too cold much of the year for open water swimming in its lakes or along its coasts. On the other hand, Canada hosts several major open water swimming events including a FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup, a FINA Grand Prix and the new World Junior
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Michael Zoetmulder is gearing up for the 87th anniversary of the Redhouse River Mile on February 27th. Africa’s oldest open water swimming event started in 1924 and only skipped the war years (1941-45) and 1971 when floods prevented the swim. 1,000 participants take to the waters each year with over R27,000 (US$3,719) in prize money
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