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Open Water Source has put together an initial list of nearly 700 world record holders in the marathon swimming world (i.e., 10K and over) and the open water swimming world (i.e., under 10K in distance). Its record list includes the fastest times for men, women and relays, the first solo swimmer and relay to swim […]
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Patience, diligence and practice are key requisites to excel and reach the highest echelons of sand sculpting and open water swimming. The two activities are quite complimentary and go well together, especially at open water events where crowds gather onshore to watch the athletes in the water. Photos above are examples of some of the
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Open water swimmers are renowned for swimming in packs, often swimming close to one another and following each other’s moves. But after checking out these Japanese divers in the video below, synchronicity among divers seems to be at a significantly higher level than that achieved by their open water swimming colleagues. Copyright © 2010 by
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Swimming Straight In The Water, Standing Up Tall In Life Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The international newswires reported that Macedonian marathon swimmer Atina Bojadži (Macedonian: Атина Бојаџи) unexpectedly passed away at 66. Raised on the shores of Lake Ohrid, she became the youngest champion at the age of 18 in the Ohrid Swimming
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Natalie du Toit On WOWSA Live Courtesy of WOWSA Live, Huntington Beach, California. Last year among a prestigious black-tie audience and in front of some of the greatest athletes in history, Olympian Natalie du Toit was awarded the Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability. She was given the award for breaking down
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Penny Palfrey will swim in unchartered waters of the Cayman Islands in an attempt to become the first person to swim almost 80 miles (128K) between Little Cayman Island and Grand Cayman Island in the tropical Cayman Islands in the Caribbean Sea. Nestled in the calm, turquoise waters of the western Caribbean, Penny is supported
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Philip Rush’s Incomparable Interview On WOWSA Live Courtesy of WOWSA Live, Huntington Beach, California. Tomorrow’s WOWSA Live welcomes one of open swimming’s greatest living heroes, a quiet, determined man who played to his strengths in the oceans and lakes around the world. In this incredible WOWSA Live interview, New Zealand’s Philip Rush explains his incredible
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John Muenzer is on a comeback with an English Channel swim and a Tampa Bay Marathon Swim under his belt. After training under the world-renowned Doc Counsilman at Indiana University and then breaking a world marathon swimming record in Lake Erie in 1983, he entered the work force and raised 7 kids. Back in 1983,
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USA Swimming is providing a new pre-race safety checklist for its athletes who compete in non-USA Swimming sanctioned races. USA Swimming‘s national team members are encouraged to get these questions answered before they make their decisions on what races to compete in. As USA Swimming states on its website, “It is common for USA Swimming
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Photo is courtesy of the Albert Dock Boxing Day Swim, an extreme cold-water swim held on December 26th in Liverpool, England. The swimmers participated in the swim organized by the Liverpool Open Water Swimming Club on behalf of the Heartbeat charity. Copyright © 2010 by Open Water Source
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