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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
We believe Mike Gustafson of SwimNetwork hit the nail on the head with his insightful commentary about open water swimming, at least the version he saw at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. The sport needs commentary. The sport needs color. The sport needs explanation. We need to explain to newcomers, the media and spectators about […]
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Natalie du Toit won one of the open water swim classes at the 2010 International Paralympic Committee Swimming World Championships at E3 Beach i Eersel, the Netherlands. 32 athletes and 650 supporters watched the athletes compete in the 5K course. In the men’s classes S1 through S10 M/W, Australian Hall Brenden (S9) captured gold over
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Doctors, nurses, police, firemen…and life savers. These are selfless individuals who are protect and save us in times of extreme need. In light of their unheralded acts of bravery and heroism, Surf Life Saving Australia gave its Awards of Excellence to the following life savers in a grand annual ceremony this weekend: DHL Surf Lifesaver
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The Washington Post ran an interesting article about the training – or lack thereof – by Michael Phelps and how USA Swimming’s Olympic coaches are reinventing the sport for their older elite stars. Amy Shipley of the Washington Post wrote that “as swimmers continue their professional careers well beyond college, the older generation is unable
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“I had a different strategy than usual,” said Chip Peterson to Shelley Taylor-Smith about his victory in 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Champioships yesterday. “I pushed the pace early and it paid off in the end.” If there is anyone to emulate in the open water in terms of sighting technique, you gotta watch Chip in
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Among the multitude of swimmers who get stung by jellyfish across the high seas around the Planet Earth, Penny Palfrey, Patti Bauernfeind’ and Bruckner Chase‘s defeat by the jellies remind us of the StingMate story. Smithwick’s StingMate® was invented to help the situation, but its invention starts on land. Julie and Webb Willmott were visiting
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We were humbled by several sights at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10K race at Marine Stadium in Long Beach: Double Olympic medalist Bob Seagren of Run Racing waking up at the crack of dawn and hauling floating pontoons, moving boxes and climbing scaffolding to set up the course. Humble and hard-working, the Olympian
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Chip Peterson, the 2005 world 10K champion, is back. Turning on his jets like he did way back in 2005, Chip won the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10K race and is obviously back on track for the second half of the 2012 quadrennial season. “I felt good,” smiled the always humble University of North Carolina
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More details will come on Patti Bauernfeind‘s Monterey Bay Swim last night, but Patti was pulled from the water close to her goal after being stung unmercifully by jellyfish in the 56°F (13°C) water. “I had a great [first] 8.5 miles with a good pace and without jellyfish. It was lovely to swim in such
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Whether it was the finish of the 32K lac St-Jean race or the finish of the 34K lac Memphremagog race in Canada, the local fans in Quebec really support the 10-time victor Petar Stoychev: But what is even more amazing is that all these fans stick around for hours madly cheering for each and every
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