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Courtesy of Denis Crean, Swim for the Potomac, Maryland. Brooke Travis set a new course record in the 2017 Swim for the Potomac. Organized by Denis Crean, the Swim for the Potomac is a 5-race event (500 meters + 3 km + 5 km + 10 km) in Maryland’s National Harbor that is dedicated to …
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. As countries around the world start to begin another round of quarantines and lockdowns due to COVID-19, the Tokyo Olympic Games are set to begin as scheduled on July 23rd. Swimmers and athletes from dozens of nations have already entered Japan during June and hundreds of additional squads are …
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. The world has innumerable locations for incredibly hard open water swims. Rough conditions, cold water, sharks, jellyfish, tides, currents, long distances, high altitudes and logistical considerations are the primary obstacles. What are some of swims in the Southern Hemisphere that would be on the ultimate open water …
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ioannis Kifonidis Actor and open water swimmer Ioannis Kifonidis is nominated by his co-actors in Greece for a small part in the sequel of the “MAMMA MIA” musical titled “Mamma Mia: Here we go again”. The shoots of the movie are located in Croatia this fall. The role Ioannis …
Taipei, April 22 (CNA) Nearly 200 swimmers from China arrived in Taiwan Friday to participate in the 12th annual Olympic Hengchun Open Water Swim to be held on April 24. At the invitation of the Masters Swimming Association of Taiwan, 173 swimmers from the Fuzhou Winter Swimming Association will take part in the 3-kilometer swim …
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Linda Kaiser, one of the most prolific Pacific Ocean channel swimmers in the world, explains, “I remember popping a few Coca-Colas the night before a swim to diffuse the fizz. That’s what I used, de-fizzed Coke. We hadn’t figured out that we could tie a string to the water …
Steve … Below is the written copy of what I said at the OW conference. I have added a qualifying remark at the end because I am not sure of where the Open Water Congress falls in the structure: Steve Munatones should use his open water global congress as a “think tank.” As an outgrowth …
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Olga Gora Subject: Ukranian open water news 11-13 марта – Кривой Рог – Зимний Чемпионат Украины в категории мастерс – 50, 100, 200 и 400 м в/с March 11-13 – Krivoy Rog – the Winter Championships in Ukraine in the category of Masters – 50, 100, 200 and 400 m / s http://www.facebook.com/l/8dd2769F0gZRujDZwIVj0wSERMQ/www.ukrmasters.com http://www.facebook.com/l/8dd2769F0gZRujDZwIVj0wSERMQ/www.ukrmasters.com 29-31 …