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Maratona Aquática Released By Diogo Zoppi Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 34-year-old swimmer, coach and triathlete Diogo Zoppi wrote Maratona Aquática. Das Piscinas As Aguas Abertas O Guia Definitivo Do Treinamento Para Nadadores E Triatletas. With 267 pages and 15 chapters, the book in Portuguese helps educate coaches, swimmers and triathletes about training in […]
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Marcos Vinicius Zamboni Fraccaro Completes Travessia do Leme ao Pontal Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After a long period of interruption due to the pandemic, the Travessia do Leme ao Pontal returned. 35-year-old Marcos Vinicius Zamboni Fraccaro completed the 36 km from Leme to Pontal in
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Hooker Glacier Swimming With Fenwick Ridley Courtesy of Fenwick Ridley, Hooker Glacier, Mount Cook, New Zealand. Fenwick Ridley, an extreme swimmer from New Zealand is shown above swimming in Hooker Glacier, one of several glaciers close to the slopes of Aoraki / Mount Cook in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Copyright © 2008 –
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Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Ned Denison announced the late Commander Charles Gerald Forsberg OBE, RN (Rtd.) is the recipient of the 2021 Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Commander Forsberg was an individual with an unparalleled legacy. He is an icon who
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Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Colin Hill has left his mark on many of the world’s most prestigious open water races and events from the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in London to FINA professional marathon swimming circuit races. Hill was selected as the 2021 recipient of the Irving Davids-Captain Roger
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global and WOWSA Live. Note: Spanish in the video is translated as “I am Don Julián – and I will accompany Toño (Antonio Argüelles) on his crossing“. Diary of a Double documents the year-long journey of Antonio Argüelles who will attempt a 67 km two-way crossing of the English Channel in 2021.
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Marty Sinn, one of the original Honor Swimmers in the Class of 1963 in International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, was an accomplished and famous swimmer in the early to mid-1960’s. During today’s WOWSA Live with Ned Denison, she reminisced about the following: * training in Canada’s Camp
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Dr. Osama Ahmed Momtaz was interviewed by Ned Denison on today’s WOWSA Live. He trained under Captain Nabil Elshazly at a time when Egypt was an epicenter of marathon swimming, both amateur and professional. He talked about his 21 hour 37 minute two-way crossing of the English Channel
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Osama Momtaz was interviewed on WOWSA Live about marathon swimming during Egypt’s Golden Era
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Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Julian Critchlow was elected as an Honor Administrator in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. In addition to swimming four separate times across the English Channel, he has worked over the last 16 years to create the world’s most authoritative database of English Channel
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