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Bill Sadlo Jr., A Pioneering Hall Of Famer Courtesy of WOWSA, New York City. William ‘Bill’ Sadlo, Jr. was well ahead of his time. He was honored as a Pioneer Swimmer by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its Class of 2009 – for good reason. Sadlo competed in at least 31 marathon […]
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Note: Please see our updated list of the Top 100 Open Water Swimming Books In this virtual, digitally-driven world, the joy of reading a book remains a treasure where you can lose yourself in the world of the written word. Here is a short list of popular and wonderfully entertaining and informative books on open
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Courtesy of World Open Water Swimming Association, Huntington Beach, California. There are thousands, if not tens of thousands, of online social networks centered around open water swimming in general, open water swimming events or open water swimmers in various languages around the world. Here is a small sampling of the Facebook Groups currently growing: Valentina
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Rachel Golub, Patricia Sener and Cristian Vergara swam an unprecedented double-crossing of the 3-mile Beagle Channel between Chile to Argentina yesterday. The pride of the Coney Island Brighton Beach Open Water Swimmers (CIBBOWS) swam in frigid 38°F (4°C) water. “The Chilean Armada was a huge help. As was the Argentine Armada, I was very happy
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Ivan Lopez of Mexico won today’s Acapulco 5K Ronald Johnson International Swim in 1:02:21.5 after pulling away from a tightly bunched lead pack of ten swimmers. The swimmers were treated to great, flat-water conditions under sunny skies in the straight 5K swim across Acapulco Bay on the west coast of Mexico. “With 400 meters to
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Russian open water swimming superstar Aleksey Akatyev (also spelled as Alexei Akatiev) was recently inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its class of 2009, but is clearly not resting on his laurels. Aleksey continues to serve ably as a national team coach after his successful athletic career where he was the
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Dale Petranech, chairman of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF), announced its Honor Class of 2009 and, as usual, its inductees are an incredible group of open water swimming specialists. Each of the honorees has a wealth of experience and a long history of success in the open water – their stories, backgrounds
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Among the nearly 20,000 swimmers who will be competing in the 37th Halfway Toyota Midmar Mile in South Africa, world champion and Olympic 10K Marathon Swim silver medalist Keri-Anne Payne (see below) is the female headliner in what will be one of the most competitive races in the history of one of the world’s top
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Over 720 swimmers have registered for this weekend’s 5K Acapulco International 2010 Swim. Mexico’s largest open water swim offers warm-water 1K, 1.5K and 5K races on Saturday and is attracted an international field of swimmers ranging from newcomers and veterans where age-group swimmers, triathletes and competitive masters swimmers will swim across the beautiful Acapulco Bay
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To be an open water swimmer in Australia is to be in nirvana. There are so many competitive and fun open water swims from short ocean sprints to long marathons. The level of experience ranges from beginners to advanced with participants belonging to swimming, surf lifesaving, triathlon and masters swimming clubs with an increasing number
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