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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
The annual Chris Greene Lake Swim in Virginia was established in 1977 and has served as the U.S. Masters Swimming national 2-mile cable championships on several occasions. Because the cable swim is measured and surveyed annually to precisely 440 yards, the one and two-mile cable distances are the only open water events in which U.S. […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Brendan Capell, one of the fastest marathon swimmers in the world, will take a shot at Petar Stoychev’s world record in the English Channel this summer. The experienced Australian 25 km world champion has the speed and the ocean swimming pedigree to do a fast time…but the English Channel
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“It’s been a very big adventure, an incredible experience,” said Marcos Diaz after the first leg of his Swim Across the Continents project. “It took 4 hours and 18 minutes to complete the 19.7K swim from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia. The conditions changed a lot throughout the swim, but I received tremendous support.” “Throughout
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Yesterday from Indonesia, Marcos Diaz o the Dominican Republic reported that he successfully completed the first of his four swims in his unique Swim Across the Continents project. Marcos said of his first swim between Oceania to Asia from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia, “Thank you very much to all my friends and supporters. 1
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In an interview with the British press who is really helping to promote open water swimming in Great Britain, world 10K champion and Olympic silver medalist Keri-Anne Payne said, “Open water swimming is a tough sport, but there isn’t really anything that fazes me, except sharks.” Fortunately, the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim will be held
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nearly 4,000 people swam 3 km Kenting Sea Swim in Taiwan’s beautiful Kenting National Park. The mass participation swim was held in the southern Taiwan on April 25th. More photos from Mark Roche, an Irishman who provides guided tours to endurance runs, swims and triathlons at Blue Skies Adventures
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World Triathlon Corporation, owners of the Ironman and Ironman 70.3 Series, announced modifications to several rules and regulations relating to the swim portion of triathlons in the U.S. It will certainly be interesting to see the ramifications of this new ruling. Effective September 1st, 2010, which is the start of Ironman’s 2011 competition season, new
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FINA will host an Open Water Swimming Seminar on July 19th Hôtel Château Roberval during the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships. Each national federation attending the 6th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships can send their representatives where many luminaries of the sport will give talks and participate in panel discussions Pierre Lafontaine, CEO
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Francismar Siviero reported on last weekend’s final leg of the Rio Grande do Sul Circuit 2010 (Circuito Gaúcho de Maratonas Aquáticas) started on Leblon Beach in Brazil. The 3K race, held in a renowned seaside community, welcomed its participants with typical Brazilian charm and hospitality and was part of an annual three-race series in Tapes,
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Doug Woodring, who has founded a variety of ocean-related endeavors and entities from The Open Water Energy’s Sheko Challenge and The Clean Half to Project Kaisai and the carbon-neutral option for marathon relays, has come up with another innovation The Open Water Energy’s Sheko Challenge is now be part of a new race called a
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