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Race Director Robert Strauss promised a good show and he delivered at today’s Nike Swim Miami. In the women’s 10K race, the outcome was not decided until literally the final steps. Eva Fabian of New Hampshire and 2009 FINA 10K World Cup champion Poliana Okimoto of Brazil were the stars of the drama. Eva and […]
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Jim Moriarty, Chief Executive Officer of the Surfrider Foundation explains the mission of the Surfrider Foundation here. While organizations like the volunteer-driven Surfrider Foundation help protect and preserve our shorelines and beach access, the open water swimming community benefits through their much appreciated efforts. Copyright © 2010 by Steven Munatones
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Federacion Mexicana de Natacion is hosting the majestically beautiful Sumidero Canyon FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix in southern Mexico today. The world’s fastest marathon swimmers compete down a river surrounded by towering walls. It is something to behold, whether you are a swimmer, a coach, a race official or a fan. Photo of Sumidero
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David DeFelippo (28) from Texas, Margaret Dudley (28) and David Saxton (25) from Pennsylvania, Matthew McDole (27) from Colorado, Jennifer Paulding (25) and Michael Paulding (29) from New York, and local Traci Shiraishi (27) from Hawaii, known as the Hawaiian Island Channel Swimmers, will do a standard Maui Channel Swim from Lanai to Maui on
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Sid Cassidy reports that in addition to the tough competition at the elite level at tomorrow’s Nike Swim Miami, the event is also serving as the Florida Gold Coast’s 2010 Open Water Junior Olympic Championships and the selection meet to name the Florida Gold Coast’s very first Open Water All-Star Team. Florida Gold Coast’s Open
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. This Wednesday, the New Hampshire Legislature passed legislation to provide the right-of-way to swimmers in the open water. This reasonable, yet intriguing, act of a political body to recognize the needs of swimmers in the open water when they encounter boats, Jetskiers, water-skiing, windsurfers, ferries and other watercraft was
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This Saturday in Florida there are two major races on the American open water swimming calendar. On the west coast, the 13th annual Tampa Bay Marathon Swim will be 24 miles of decent distance swimming. 25 relay swimmers and 7 solo swimmers will take to the unseasonably cool (66°F/18.8°C) waters. 45-year-old David Barra of High
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Swimming Canada opened its open water swimming portal here. Canada will have a lot to report on this summer as it hosts the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships and three other elite FINA World Cup and Grand Prix competitions in Quebec’s Lac St-Jean and Lac Memphremagog. As the world’s elite come to Canada’s shores,
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Donna Littlejohn of the Daily Breeze reported that local Cabrillo Beach (California) legend Ray Falk passed away on Tuesday at the age of 87. Ray was remarkably warm-hearted man with a year-round ability to withstand the cold water of the Pacific Ocean. His legacy includes a very active Polar Bear Club which he led for
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Courtesy of Nevis to St. Kitts Cross-Channel Swim, Caribbean Sea. 57 women and 43 men participated in last month’s Nevis to St. Kitts Cross Channel Swim, also known as the Bente Weber Memorial 4.2 km Cross-channel Swim. Under challenging conditions, swimmers crossed the channel between the two islands of the smallest nation in the Americas
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