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A special Open Water Swimming Almanac – full of unique and largely unknown information, data, charts and photographs of special interest to swimmers, coaches, triathletes, administrators, fans and officials – will be provided to the participants in the Global Open Water Swimming Conference that will be held in Long Beach, California on June 5th. The […]
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The top Australian ocean swimmers have dominated the annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim in the recent past with absolutely dominating victories by Trent Grimsey and Luane Rowe in 2008 and 2009. What will 2010 bring in the swim that served as the inspiration of the Ironman triathlon? The race will definitely be excited, but the real
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Only 1,000 entrants are available at the British Gas Great London Swim that may fill up by early June. The British Gas Great London Swim takes place in the Royal Victoria Dock on July 3rd and includes celebrities and Olympic medalists. The list of great swimmers is growing with Olympians Keri-Anne Payne, Cassie Patten, triple
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The Athlete Village hosted a discussion about the upcoming Open Water Pursuit and the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Long Beach, California together with Mike Gustafson of SwimNetwork and Chris DeSantis of The Swim Brief. They discuss who is looking good and what to expect. Click here to listen to the discussions
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These photos by Forrest Nelson of Penny Palfrey’s 72-mile Kaieiewaho Channel attempt between the islands of Oahu and Kauai in Hawaii shows the ups and downs of open ocean swimming. Up and down Penny went – right from the start on Oahu where she faced immediate shore break and the relentless ocean turbulence for over
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Smithwick’s StingMate®, one of the sponsors of the Global Open Water Swimming Conference and the Open Water Pursuit that is part of the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championship weekend just came out with another useful product: a Stingray Relief Kit. All open water swimmers know to shuffle their feet as they enter the
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To date, 38 Special Olympics athletes who specialize in open water swimming from Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, El Salvador, Gibraltar, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malta, Korea, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Singapore and South Africa are entered in the 2011 World Summer Games in the new 1.5K open water swim. The 1.5K open water race will
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As the Northern Hemisphere ambles into summer, 2008 Olympian Luis Escobar and Alejandra González won the Mexican national 10K championships in beautiful Puerto Vallarta. Luis won in 2:11:23, seven seconds ahead of Rodrigo Elorza and 90 seconds ahead of Ivan Lopez (shown on left). Luis declined the opportunity to represent Mexico at the 2010 World
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David Quartermain, a Manchester, England-based coach, will offer open water swimming sessions (USwim) throughout the summer months in Salford and Boundary Park. The weekly sessions will be held at Dock9, Salford Quays, next to the new Media City development and at Boundary Water Park. Amazingly enough, according to a recent survey by Sport England, swimming
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If there is anyone who is training properly, diligently and passionately for their upcoming marathon swim, it has got to be Karen Rogers. Karen is preparing for her 30-mile solo swim from the Farallons Islands to Aquatic Park in San Francisco. Tides, cold (low 50°F / 10°C water) and sharks are a few of her
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