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A week after swimming her third Pennock Island Challenge in Alaska, Claudia Rose of the La Jolla Cove Swim Club and a Team Aquaphor member, became the first person to swim across the Sitka Sound from Kruzof Island to Halibut Point in Alaska. She took 4 hours and 36 minutes to cross the Sound in […]
The annual 7K Las Cuevas Bay to Maracas Bay Swim concluded another year in Trinidad & Tobago. The veterans know the ocean course well with 52-year-old Richard Knaggs, a former national swimmer and triathlon champion, notching a victoy with 71-year-old stalwart Gordon Borde finishing another 7K again. “It is always hard to decide on a
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Race Director Michał Skrodzki provided a report on yesterday’s AWF Silesia Open Water Swim in Poland that included a children’s 0.5K race, a 1K, a 800-meter relay and the 3K AWF Katowice Vice Chancellor’s Cup. “The race was a huge success and a great day to say the least. We are looking forward to next
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Open water swimmers may swim at sea level in Singapore – or 55 stories above at the newly opened Marina Bay Sands Resort in Singapore. At 150 meters in length, the infinity pool is also a good bet for a good open water swimming workout. The world’s most expensive hotel, reportedly £4 billion, has rooms
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You gotta like this race: no wetsuits, no shoes, no entry fee, no prizes…just glory. On July 14th, over a 100 lifeguards and other fit individuals will compete in the annual Mega Colossus race in Orange County, California, starting in Newport Beach, passing through Huntington Beach and ending in Bolsa Chica: a total of 8
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Marcy MacDonald became the fastest American and first American woman to swim 70K around the Isle of Jersey today. Finishing in 9 hours and 59 minutes, Marcy just missed the overall record set by Alison Streeter (9:53 set in 1989) and the men’s record of Richard Flambard (9:56 set in 2002). Her coach and escort
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100 swimmers from 12 teams will competing in the 38th National Marathon Swimming Championships (Vinashin Cup) on the Han River in Da Nang, Vietnam next week. Dinh Viet Hung of the Vietnam Aquatic Sports Association said, “This is the fourth time the Cup has been sponsored by Vinashin [a large shipbuilding company].” 16-year-old Hoang Quy
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Alison Geist of the Georgia State Games in the southern USA, explained about the excitement for the upcoming 1K, 3K and 5K open water swims on July 17th. “The Lake Acworth community is so enthusiastic about hosting these races. Everyone was just so welcoming, it is a good fit.” Acworth is a city outside of
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A full weekend of FINA professional marathon swimming races are on tap, starting in Portugal on Saturday and ending on Sunday in Italy. Both the Setúbal Bay International Swim Marathon and the Maratona Del Golfo Capri-Napoli will showcase some tough competition. In Setubal Bay in Portugal on Saturday, the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup
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From May 31st to June 2nd, Chrysostomos Giannoulakis led a team of local organizers and volunteers in a test run with 151 athletes from 7 countries to prepare for the upcoming Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece. “We have less than 1 year to go before we host 7,500 athletes and 2,500 coaches
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