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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If the world of open water swimming has a man behind the scenes, certainly Chris Guesdon is that man who has been selflessly and passionately devoted to the sport for over 44 years. Guesdon, the mastermind behind the vision of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim and its inclusion in […]
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The Cayman Islands Government wrote a nice article about Andrew Smilley‘s Open Water Swim of 2009 on its website here. Andrew‘s next big competition: the second Latin-American Special Olympic Games (II Juegos Latinoamericanos de Olimpiadas Especiales) between February 19th – 27th where Andrew will join over a 1,000 athletes and 250 coaches in front of
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Down in Puerto Varas y Santiago, FINA World Cup champion Poliana Okimoto and American Eva Fabian have been trying to stay warm before a trio of races in Chile. Jack Fabian, Eva’s coach and father, reported from southern Chile, “It has been a very interesting experience. Our host, Adriano and all the people we have
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There is perhaps no female with greater upside in the elite open water swimming world than Olympic 10K marathon swimmer and 5K world championship medalist Chloe Sutton. By the age of 16, Chloe had already been a cover girl on Swimming World Magazine, won the prestigious RCP Tiburon Mile twice (where she donated her US$20,000
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This lean, focused 21-year-old professional is an emerging – and established – open water swimming superstar. If he continues his upward trajectory, he will be one of the favorites in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in not only the 2012 London Olympics, but also the 2016 Rio Olympics. Besides winning the 2.4-mile Waikiki Roughwater Swim,
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Multi-world champion Thomas Lurz was interviewed by Swimming World Magazine about the intense two-week long-distance training camp, called Battle Training, that he and other world-class pool and open water swimming superstars (including Trent Grimsey and Chad Ho) are doing in Potsdam, Germany until January 17th. Thomas said, among other things: “The training is tough and
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English Channel record holder Petar Stoychev has committed to participating in the Ocean Racing World Championship Series, the Nelson Mandela Bay Bell Buoy Challenge and the King of Nelson Mandela Bay extravaganza in South Africa. The participation of the 9-time FINA Grand Prix World champion from Bulgaria in the three-part April 2010 professional event in
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The highly successful King of the Sea Challenge (Rei Do Mar Desafio in Portuguese) is expanding its franchise to Lisbon, Portugal in a new pro invitational race called the King of the Seas Europe. The new King of the Seas Europe will take place in Lisbon, Portugal on April 25th, 2010. The event is organized
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Captain Tim Johnson, author of the History of Open-Water Marathon Swimming explains why it feel warmer in the shallow water, “Because of the shallow depth, the sun’s rays penetrate the water and heat up the sand below so you have the surface water being heated by reflection and by accumulated heat from below.” “Shallow waters
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Former Waikiki Roughwater Swim champion and long-time USA Swimming national open water team swimmer John Flanagan III has taken his endurance and swimming talents to the world of triathlons. After being on the 1997 Auburn NCAA championship team and finishing fourth in the 2001 World Championship 10K*, the outwardly mellow, but intensely competitive national team
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