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Britta Kamrau – Beauty, Brains and Brawn Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Britta Kamrau of Germany has it all. The strikingly attractive inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame has not only posed for Maxim Germany, but she is also working towards being a judge in Germany, a career that requires intelligence, […]
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Paul Asmuth, one of the greatest marathon swimmers of all time, was recently voted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. His induction ceremony will be in May 2010 with a host of other all-time aquatic greats. The International Swimming Hall of Fame honors swimmers, divers, water polo players, synchronized swimmers, coaches and contributors from
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El Niño, a disruption of the ocean-atmosphere system in the Tropical Pacific Ocean with important consequences for weather and climate around the globe, is expected to continue strengthening and last through at least the Northern Hemisphere winter 2009-2010. El Niño is characterized by warm temperatures (red in chart). During October 2009, sea surface temperature anomalies
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21 swimmers of the Aulea Swim Club on Oahu swam their fourth annual crossing of the 8.8-mile Auau Channel between Lanai and Maui this weekend. When Triple Crowner Mike Miller told coach Mark Baker that his swimmers could swim a channel, literally swimming from one Hawaiian island to another, his first reaction was to laugh,
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In the US Masters Swimming forum, one supporter of the sport observed, “Open water is the template, pool swimming the unnatural imposition.” While mankind has been swimming in the open water for millennium, pool swimming does seem like relatively a recent luxury. This observation reminded us of a wonderful book on Olympic swimming. Renowned coach
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Gunaxin recently posted an online survey on the Most Dominant Athlete of All Time. The list was limited to 30 male athletes from the following sports: Auto racing, baseball, basketball, boxing, cycling, football, golf, Greco-Roman wrestling, hockey, horse racing, soccer, surfing, swimming, tennis and track. We think Gunaxin missed one athlete: Petar Stoychev for his
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As we gazed over the ocean’s horizon with a slight wind pushing a few white clouds across the blue skies, we were talking with Sid Cassidy about Petar Stoychev‘s incredible 6:57 crossing of the English Channel on August 24th, 2007. Sid‘s observations were worthy of replication: “It was one of those very special days in
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Claudia Rose of San Diego blazed a new aquatic trail by becoming the first person to swim across the Sitka Sound in Alaska this summer. True to her words (“I am much more interested in things people have not done“), her success has led to a new 10K swim in Sitka next August, called the
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According to Dr. Jolie Bookspan, cold acclimatization is a well-documented process of gradually increasing your resistance to cold through regular cold exposure. In Acclimatization to Diving in Cold Water, Dr. Bookspan noted examples of cold acclimatization: the native peoples of the African Kalahari, the Australian desert, and Tierra del Fuego in Chile. In Chile, the
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The inaugural Epic Swim Festival in New Zealand will kick-off its first year in the majestic Lake Taupo, the largest lake in New Zealand, in January 2010. The Epic Swim Festival showcase New Zealand best with the New Zealand 5K and 10K Open Water Championships and the New Zealand Masters 2.5K Open Water Championships. Additionally,
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