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There are big differences between swimming in a pool and in the open water, but Keri-Anne Payne knows that it takes a lot of hard work and a lot of hours to reach one’s goals in the water. A short video interview of the reigning world 10K champion and 2008 Olympic silver medalist is here. […]
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Rethinking And Reshaping The City Via Open Water Rachel Golub of Coney Island Brighton Beach Open Water Swimmers, shown on left in the white bikini only moments before she swam 6 miles in 38°F (4°C) water in the Beagle Channel, is getting ready to inform the City of New York and the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
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At the 2010 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Long Beach, California, there will be national team spots up for grabs, including spots on the Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Team that will compete in the Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships held in Maui in September. While the top swimmers will head off to
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The Copa Master de Natación (International Masters Swimming Cup) held in March in Varadero, Cuba and was described as a huge success. As a result, a follow-up pool and open water swimming event – the II Copa Master de Natación – will be held in June with a 3K ocean swim held on June 12th.
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The third annual international Coppa Sicilia will be held in September off the islands of Favignana, located about 7K from the northwest part of Sicily, Italy. Part of the F.I.N. (Italian Swimming Federation) circuit, the 4-part Coppa Sicilia is open to all. Swimmers will stay at Punta Fanfalo Valtur resort where the first leg will
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Tim Beatty announced the renaming of the Bud Beatty Memorial Swim to the PurpleSwim Baltimore on August 8th on Rocky Point Beach and Park in Baltimore, Maryland. Proceeds from the 1- and 2-mile charity swims go to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network sponsors a number of national Purple events, but
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The blueseventy Llandudno Sea Swim in June is a 1.5K swim around the bay at Llandudno in North Wales. The blueseventy Llandudno Sea Swim is renowned as a great preparation for the Llandudno Sea Triathlon in July and is located in a festive seaside resort with a holiday destination history dating back to 1848. The
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Way back in the early days of multi-discipline endurance sports (i.e., the early 1980’s of triathlon), we heard that 1,200 triathletes took to the waters of Marine Stadium in Long Beach during a 1982 US Triathlon series race. 1,200 triathletes – one mass start. That must have been quite a scene. Marine Stadium will have
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In a land far away from the East and West Coasts of America, there is a rapidly developing open water swimming program headed by Rick Walker. At Southern Illinois University, Rick has two FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup victors training hard for this year’s summer season: Kirsten Groome, a freshman from Shreveport, Louisiana and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We totally agree with and highly encourage manufacturers like blueseventy to add more color
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