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As the new textile swimsuits are now the rule in competitive pool swimming and will be mandatory in open water swimming in June 2010, the need for male swimmers to properly tie their swimsuits returns. It is a rare event and almost never discussed, but the untying of a swimsuit in the water does occasionally […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Mauro Giaconia swam 101 km (62 miles) in 24 hours in an exhibition of endurance in the world’s largest pool for the opening of San Alfonso del Mar on the west coast of Chile, about 100 km west of Santiago, Chile’s capital and largest city. He talked about his
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Natadola Beach in Fiji is an idyllic resort well-known by honeymooners and is considered one of the finest beaches in the world. Natadola Beach is the site of the 1.2K Yatule Beach Resort Open Water Swim, an upcoming ocean swim series and the 2010 Fiji 5K National Open Water Swimming Championships Yatule (known as the
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Tod Horton and a crew of dedicated volunteers put on quite a show at the Epic Swim Festival in Lake Taupo, New Zealand. “It will be massive next year. The feedback has been amazing and our target has already jumped to over 1,000 swimmers for next year,” said Tod. As with any and every event,
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Pristine conditions welcomed competitors at the fourth race in the Kouga Express Eastern Province Open Water Swim Series held in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa this weekend. Jessica Roux continued her winning way and won the 5K race again. Brenton Williams won the men’s 5K. Jonathan Roux and Chrislie-Thandi Niehaus won the 3K race respectively. Dominic
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Seven-time world marathon swimming champion Shelley Taylor-Smith returned to her home waters in Perth’s Swan River for the 91st Xstrata Nickel Swim Thru Perth on Sunday. “Perth Swim Thru was always the gala event of the year,” recalled Shelley with fond memories of her youth and beginnings in open water swimming. “Open water swimming has
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The winter sports community is headed to Vancouver for the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics between February 12-28. On February 13th, the second day of the Winter Olympics, there will be a Polar Bear Swim in English Bay, site of the annual New Year’s Day swim in Vancouver. It’s an excellent way to introduce the winter
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Two swimmers died, six remain missing and four were injured, one in grave condition, at a 6.5K downstream race on Saturday along the Paraná River in Incarnation, Paraguay. The situation reminds the community why safety precautions are so important. Swimmers in the 80th event, held since 1943, ended in tragedy when the swimmers were swept
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Seven Summits are the highest mountains in each of the seven continents. Successfully scaling these mountains is a mountaineering challenge attained by only the strongest. As of 2007, 198 climbers have achieved this expensive and physically demanding goal. Open water swimming’s version of the Seven Summits is the
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Alex Meyer, a world championship swimmer from Harvard University, won the beautifully clear 1-mile St. Croix Dolphins Sea Swim this weekend in the US Virgin Islands. After a conch shell start and a 7-meter jump off the Frederiksted Pier, Alex covered the warm-water course in 19:53 to win a gold-painted stunningly huge conch shell and
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