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The Halfway Toyota Midmar Mile will be setting the record straight on February 13th and 14th as it establishes itself as the world’s largest open water swimming event. Showcasing the world 10K champion Keri-Anne Payne, the Halfway Toyota Midmar Mile may reach the magical 20,000 participant entry mark this year. Similar to Julian Crabtree‘s unprecedented […]
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In this weekend’s Duel in the Pool, the made-for-television pool swimming competition pitting America’s swimming stars against the best pool swimmers from Great Britain, Germany and Italy, Keri-Anne Payne showed why she is so tough in the open water. With only 48 hours notice, Keri-Anne was asked to participate against the world’s best pool swimmers
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It’s never too early to plan ahead. The XVI Pan American Games will be held in Guadalajara where open water swimming (aguas abiertas in Spanish) was added to the competition schedule. The open water race will be held in beautiful Puerto Vallarta. One of the world’s designated Cities of the Future, Guadalajara will undoubtedly roll
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Dan Martin is undergoing training in England for his audacious, awe-inspiring, beyond-imagination, Herculean Global Triathlon. Dan will start and finish in New York City, but in between, he will swim across the Atlantic Ocean, cycle to Asia and run across the North American continent. We were shocked to hear his unprecedented adventure and had the
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In July 2011 in Greece, there will be a world’s first: the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens will hold its first open water swimming competition. The world championship for Special Olympians will be a 1.5K race in the Aegean Sea in the city of Marathon (a double-loop course in a protected cove) where
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In March 1965 during the eighth season of a very famous American TV detective series called
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For athletes who will compete in the 2010 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming 5K and 10K Championships in Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California in June, here are 10 tips: 1. Marine Stadium has a well-maintained infrastructure around it including parking lots, showers and a GPS-marked 1K course (buoy-to-buoy). 2. There are plenty of
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Lewis Pugh has been in Copenhagen at the United Nations Climate Change Conference this week. Asked to summarize the atmosphere at the Conference from his perspective last night, Lewis, who will swim in a glacier lake at 17,400 feet (5,300 meters) to demonstrate climate change, says, “It feels like world leaders are rearranging deck chairs
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2009 world 25K champion Valerio Cleri is up for nomination for the Sportsmen of the Year in Italy. Valerio has always been in the top echelon of professional marathon swimmers, but he truly showed his heart of a champion at the 2009 World Swimming Championships. Since finishing a close fourth in the Olympic 10K Marathon
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We had the opportunity to see first-hand – and swim along – the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim course that will be used at the 2016 Rio Olympics. For five days, we encountered several different conditions, from flat conditions and mild rain to strong currents, heavy rain and rough seas with up to 6-8 foot surf
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