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The Night Train Swimmers broke the existing non-stop lake relay record this morning a little after 3 am on Lake Powell in Arizona and Utah. They celebrated with a honk of the horn from their mother ship and continued on through the night – filled with choppy, but warm, waters. The Mexican American Unity Swim […]
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Powerhouse Timing of New Jersey was the timing company that was contracted for the 2010 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships, the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships and the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10K race where split timing has been introduced to the highest echelon of the sport. While split times are
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After setting a new Molokai Channel record in 12 hours and 53 minutes, Chris Palfrey is gearing up for another warm-water swim, this time in Australia. He plans to swim from Green Island, a small coral atoll on the Great Barrier Reef to Yorkeys Knob, north of Cairns in Far North Queensland. But he is
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25K world champion Alex Meyer and 5K world champion Eva Fabian won close races at the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in China. In Shantou’s 27°C (80.6°F) muddy waters, the pro athletes from 9 countries races around a 2K loop. In men’s race, Zu Li Jun of China took a very early lead and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The relay genre within the open water swimming world is currently in its heyday with swims – record-setting attempts, charity events and relay races – being held all over the globe. The relay genre can be defined and separated into eight general classifications: 1. Channel Relays2. Competitive Relays3. Charity
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Penny Palfrey announced that she is going to have another go at the 72-mile Kaieiewaho Channel between Oahu to Kauai in the state of Hawaii. The Kaieiewaho Channel has never been crossed before, although Jonathan Ezer in the 1970s and Penny earlier this year, gave it two extremely courageous attempts. “I’m trying to put together
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With the summer season over in the Northern Hemisphere and the water still cool in the Southern Hemisphere, open water swimmers are facing cool waters in many places around the world. The Daily News of Open Water Swimming is running a poll on how the global swimming community defines ‘cold’. Individuals can vote on how
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Phil White announced the 2011 schedule for the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association (NEKOWSA), all conducted in the state of Vermont. Online registration is now open which is important due to the maximum field limitations. The events include the following: • Son of a Swim, 2-, 4- and 6-mile swims in Lake Memphremagog, is
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Since May 2010, Marcos Díaz of the Dominican Republic has swum four different swims between five continents in an attempt to build global awareness and support for the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals, a pledge by world leaders to eradicate extreme poverty and its root causes by 2015. He ended his project with a fifth
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Living Large On Lake Powell Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Mexican American Unity Swim started today at 6 am. The 6-person team is luxuriously escorted by a beautiful houseboat. Set in Lake Powell near the Grand Canyon, the swimmers are off to an excellent start in the 75°F (24°C) water. International Marathon Swimming
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