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The first FINA Athletes Commission was formed in 1992 and has been headed up by Shelley Taylor-Smith, FINA’s 1991 world 25K champion, and Olympic pool swimming greats such as three-time gold medalist Janet Evans and 9-time medalist Alexander Popov. The Petar Stoychev and Britta Kamrau (shown on left), two great open water swimming ambassadors and […]
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The Ventura Deep Six Relay is chugging along the California coast and is now heading southward to San Diego according to its GPS mapping. The intrepid group started at the Ventura Harbor in Ventura on early Thursday morning and first headed 26 miles (42 km) northward to Santa Barbara. After nearly 24 hours, Tom Ball,
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It started with a dream and a discussion and ended up as a recognized world record by the Guinness Book of World Records. Starting tomorrow, the three-day Camlough Lake Water Festival will carry on and expand upon the tradition, excitement and festivities from last year’s world record swim. On a kick-off on September 17th, a
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The Ventura Deep Six Relay is off this early California morning under wavy seas on their incredibly bold 202-mile (325K) adventure down the Southern California coast in what can be only described as inhospitable waters. Follow their world record non-stop, non-assisted (i.e., no wetsuits, no shark cage) relay attempt via Facebook. You can also follow
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Diana Nyad is still waiting in Key West, Florida for the right conditions to set off on her estimated 60+ hour 103-mile (165K) attempt from Cuba to Florida. Diana is both practical and inspirational in her mental preparation. “Those 60 or so hours are not going to go down smoothly. There will be pain. Doubts
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Back in 1999, Peggy Büchse appeared in a German TV documentary called Marathon – Peggy Büchse im Rio Parana. She is now enshrined in open water swimming perpetuity in the new International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame website where over 200 other individuals and organizations are recognized. Peggy was very successful on the professional marathon
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The Waikiki Roughwater Swim has a motto that has served as its mission statement since it was first established in 1970: Lifetime Vigorous Swimming for Fun, Sport and Health What a great mission statement for an open water swim. So what other mottos are out there in the open water world? There is not an
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The Great Swim organizers plan after having to postpone the Great North Swim, they added another event to their series: the British Gas Great Salford Swim, a one-miler in Salford Quays in Manchester, England. With the highlights of the September 26th race shown on television, it is bound to attract thousands. Plus, we love the
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“She is amazing. I can’t imagine anyone finishing under those conditions,” said Lynn Kubasek, one of the support crew of Penny Palfrey’s Catalina Channel crossing yesterday. “It was a bumpy ride over to Catalina Island and it was a very bumpy swim back over [to the mainland]. We had things flying across the boat during
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Building strong abdominal muscles is key to improving your open water swimming abilities. A strong core benefits open water swimmers especially when the water is choppy, lumpy and bumpy. Swimmers can remain more streamlined when they sight, their ability to swim straight is enhanced when their core is stronger and their body is not twisting
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