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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming became part of the bucket list for marathon swimmers, it did not take too much time before three became fashionable and motivational in the open water swimming world. Now there are numerous goals involving the number three: * Triple Crown of …
Yasunari Hirai Forging A New Future Two-time Olympic marathon swimmer Yasunari Hirai was featured on NHK-TV in Japan and is a popular model in his native Japan. Copyright @ 2008 – 2019 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of John Leonard, American Swimming Coaches Association, Florida. In this era where a handful of pool swimmers earning millions of United States dollars for their accomplishments – from Michael Phelps to Katinka Hosszu and achievements and numerous other competitive pool and open water swimmers earn enough money to define themselves as professional athletes – …
MARIEL HAWLEY Sent: Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 5:49 pm To: Steven Munatones, Steven Munatones Hi Steven! How are you? I hope everything is going well and you and your family are healthy. I write to you because I’m planning a new route to swim! I´m very excited about it because it will be a …
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2263/is-lightning-really-that-dangerous-to-swimmers Copyright © 2013 by Open Water Swimming
With the sport of open water swimming growing in all its various niches, World Open Water Swimming Association conducted a survey of the channel swimming world. In this Part 1 of a multi-part series on the open water swimming world, it attempted to estimate the approximate number of channel swimmers around the world. In subsequent …
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The water temperature at the open water swimming venue at the Pan American Games has been 29°C (84°F) every day for two weeks. In the afternoon, the water temperature has risen to 30.4°C (86.7°F) which is close to the FINA maximum water temperature guideline of 30.4°C. The race organizers have moved the start times earlier …
Courtesy of Swim Argentina, Mount Everest. Swim Argentina is planning a swim at the base of Mount Everest between May 10th-31st. For more information, contact reservas@swimargentina.com. Copyright © 2008-2018 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Everyone is in great shape. Everyone has stamina. Everyone has speed. Everyone has strength. But it is the veterans on the FINA/HOSA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup who are most savvy – and who are most often found on the award podium. When Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil, Risztov …
Photos circa 1919-1920 in Huntington Beach, California. There is one practical reason why more people will learn how to swim in the open water in Cuba: Thousands of kilometers of low-lying coastlands where people live in the path of Caribbean hurricanes. Tarea Vida (Project Life in English) was adopted in 2017 by Cuba’s Council of …