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Doug Woodring, a former nominee for the World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year and race director for the upcoming annual Clean Half Marathon Swim, was representing Project Kaisei at last week’s Clinton Global Initiative, a project former President Bill Clinton created to bring world leaders and investors together to fund innovative ideas. President […]
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The CIBBOWS Veterans Day Charity Open Water 5K Swim on November 6th will present a chilly challenge before the winter season begins in full gear. The Service Women’s Action Network and the Wounded Warrior Project will benefit from the proceeds of the 1-mile, 2-mile and 5K races. The courses run parallel to shore with a
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The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in the Serpentine in Hyde Park in the center of London will consist of six loops of 1.67K each in a course that is shaped somewhat like a kidney bean. While some have commented that the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim is not “real” open water swimming, we believe differently. Although
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Walking around the streets of Mexico City or any other city in the world, Antonio Argüelles would appear as any other distinguished CEO with numerous degrees to his name from Stanford University and Harvard University. But outside of his executive duties at the Nueva Escuela Tecnológica (New Technology Schools), Antonio is one of the world’s
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Nick Gismondi of NBC/Universal and Adam Cook and Gina Maria Allen of PostModern Productions were on Swim22‘s Mother Ship. On Swim22‘s four-way Catalina Channel crossing, the filmmaking trio brought a ton of equipment including an underwater camera housing unit, a 12-foot jib to take unique camera angles of the swimmers in the water and a
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Four Southern California swimmers each took themselves to their limits in the Catalina Channel throughout their 52-hour unprecedented Swim 22 effort. Lead-off swimmer David Hartmire successfully completed the first leg of the 20-mile Catalina Channel in 11 hours and 52 minutes. David’s relay transition to the second swimmer Mike Vovk, on Catalina Island was smooth,
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Head administrator of the Brazilian Olympic Committee Carlos Nuzman announced a proposed schedule for aquatics at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Subjec to IOC approval, the women’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swims will be held on August 15th 2016 and the men’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim will be held on August 16th 2010. Copyright © 2010 by
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Personable, multi-lingual Mexican endurance athlete Edna Llorens of Mexico, who participated in the recent world record non-stop lake relay, explains her route from an all-night party girl to an amazing transformation to a fresh outlook and a healthful lifestyle of open water swimming: Copyright © 2010 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Marcellus Wiley Takes On The Distance Swim Challenge in Southern California.
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Kathleen Wilson, one of the early pioneers of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming Club and a member of the local symphony (harpist), completed the first known solo marathon swim in Charleston, South Carolina this weekend. The 16.25-mile swim started at the James B. Edwards Bridge before daybreak and ended six hours and 58
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