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78 soloists and 10 relays took part in the British Gas Scottish Open Water Swimming Championships on July 24th in Fife. Stephen Waterhouse from Leeds and Mark Deans from Glasgow renewed their rivalry and never were separated by too much during some heated swim in the 2K and 5K races. The swimmers went 1-2 in […]
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Swim Free, a charity supported by RCN, is rolling out a special offer for open water swimmers together with the NYC Swim on October 8th. Swim Free is offering an opportunity to swim around Manhattan Island in a NYC Swim-managed and -sanctioned Manhattan Island Marathon Relay Swim. This allows swimmers interested in swimming around Manhattan
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At the elite levels, European professional marathon swimmers are known to use every tactical advantage possible as they draft, position and navigate themselves as well as anyone else in the world. The roots of their abilities are developed and encouraged early. As the 2010 European Junior Championship in Hoorn, Netherlands on August 2nd, a three-person,
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Marisa Frieder, a 40-year-old microbiologist, completed her personal goal to swim under all 11 of Portland (Oregon)’s bridges – 10.7 miles from the Sellwood to the St. Johns – and became the first person to do it in the process – in 5 hours and 18 minutes. Following the traditional Channel Swimming Association rules under
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When Jordan Waxman and Gilles Chalandon were reported to have been attacked on their way to an 8-hour English Channel training swim, it called to mind the ancient Japanese martial art of suijutsu (or suiei-jutsu) (水術 in Japanese) – or combative swimming. – which is still taught by Iwasaki Hisashi-sensei, Soke (Headmaster) of Kobori Ryu
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Swim Free, a preferred charity of NYC Swim, helps improve the health of children and adults through learn-to-swim, water safety and water cleanliness programs. Swim Free recently started an innovative Swim Free Angel initiative. The Swim Free Angels, always outfitted in differently colored blue caps, program helps comfort people of all ages who are anxious
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On the second day of the European Swimming Championships, Russian Ekaterina Seliverstova and Italian Luca Ferretti came through with more than enough to spare as they both clearly captured gold while distancing themselves from the rest of the top Europeans in the 5K race at the European Swimming Championships. Among the top women, the outstanding
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Jordan Waxman had an eventful practice swim with training partner Gilles Chalandon (Sept 29th English Channel attempt) last month. Jordan, preparing for an August 17th assault on the Channel, and Gilles headed out to Brighton Beach in New York for an 8-hour night-and-day swim. “I picked Gilles up at 2:50 am as we set out
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Thomas Lurz won the men’s 10K in Lake Balaton in Hungary yesterday in a tactical race, finishing in1:54:22.5. What is remarkable about the lengthy streak that Thomas has enjoyed on top of the sport is how the silver and bronze medalists behind him always change. In other words, while we can always expect different swimmers
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Samantha Simon of the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota joined the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming club after her Catalina Channel crossing on August 2nd which followed her August 17, 2009 English Channel crossing and her June 13th circumnavigation of Manhattan Island. Samantha’s inclusion in the Triple Crown Club makes it 36 athletes
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