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As the sport of open water swimming grows and the fields continue to get larger and larger, the need to maintain safety and segregate the swimmers into separate heats becomes more and more evident. But this raises many issues – none of which are easy to resolve. How best to separate the heats: by gender? […]
Women Vs. Men Or Is It Women And Men? Read More »
The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame awarded its Certificate of Merit to the aQuelle Midmar Mile for its 38 years of innovative and outstanding event management. From a simple start in 1973 with 153 competitors, Wayne Ridden and his army of volunteers and staff have created one of the world’s most spectacular open water
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Swim New Jersey is selling Fran Crippen magnets on its website with 100% of the proceeds going to the Fran Crippen Elevation Foundation for open water awareness. Purchase the magnets (see photo on left) here. Copyright © 2010 by Open Water Source
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The Fort Myers Estero Open Water Festival will host the first annual Crippen Mile Open Water Swim at Fort Myers Beach, Florida on June 11th. The inaugural race was created to remember and celebrate the life of Fran Crippen who tragically passed away in Dubai last year. The race will benefit the newly created Fran
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The Lake Tahoe Swimming Association has been established. Karen Rogers is working on its website. The marathon swimming community looks forward to another new governing body that will enable online dissemination of information across Lake Tahoe, assistance with independent observers and formal certification of successful solo swims and relays. Indeed, these are great times for
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The 2011 aQuelle Midmar Mile will take place at the picturesque Midmar Dam in the Kwa Zulu Natal Midlands on February 12th and 13th – and it is shaping up to be the largest and one of the unbelievable sporting events in the world. At the 38th annual race, media darling Keri-Anne Payne and fellow
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FINA officially announced its qualification system for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim to be held at the 2012 London Olympics. The road to London – as it was in 2008 (read here) will not be easy. In 2008, the race was fierce among the women and men – and nothing less is expected in 2012.
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If humans can’t walk straight or drive straight when blindfolded, should we be expected to swim straight in the open water with limited visual cues? National Public Radio‘s Robert Krulwich raises some interesting issues and prepared a report on movement under unusual circumstances. Animation by Benjamin Arthur. Copyright © 2010 by Open Water Source
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Swim in the desert in the oasis established by DCB Adventures. DCB Adventures set its 2011 Arizona Open Water Swim Series dates: Swim 1 on April 30th in Saguaro Lake, Swim 2 on May 14th in Lake Pleasant Marina, Swim 3 on September 17th in Saguaro Lake, Swim 4 on October 15th in Lake Pleasant
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Olympian Mark Warkentin‘s interview on Open Water Wednesday is now posted online here. After finishing 8th in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he was admittedly not satisfied with his performance. But real life called and his son was soon born. He retired and started coaching. However, the allure of the
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