Catalina Channel Movie Trivia
In March 1965 during the eighth season of a very famous American TV detective series called
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Racing At The USA National Open Water Championships
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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2016 Rio Olympics 10K Marathon Swim Course
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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Lewis Pugh In Copenhagen
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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Vote For Valerio, Italy’s Sportsman Of The Year
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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Colin Hill And The Top Women, Never Slowing Down
Colin Hill, a candidate for the World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, and the top open water swimmers in the world apparently do not know how to slow down. In between organizing the popular Great Swims, Colin took the time to swim the English Channel last summer. Similarly, the world’s top open water
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Alick Wickham, Truly Versatile Open Water Pioneer
Open water freestyler…body surfer promoter…world-record high diver…surfer shaper…Alick Wickham was truly an aquatic innovator and pioneer. Alick from Roviana Lagoon in the Solomon Islands was credited with shaping the first surfboard in Australia and introducing the crawl stroke (freestyle) to Australia when he demonstrated the crawl at Bronte Beach in Australia, although the freestyle at
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Busy Year For Professional Marathon Swimmers
FINA will post its 2010 FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup schedule and its 2010 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix schedule later today on the FINA open water swimming website. The schedule for the 2010 FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit, won last year by Thomas Lurz and Poliana Okimoto, includes: 1. Santos,
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10K Challenge In Huntington Bay New York
The Fran Schnarr Memorial Swim race director Bea Hartigan has always been a very strong supporter of open water swimming. She has committed to adding a 10K race to the Fran Schnarr Memorial Swim (Metropolitan Swimming Open Water Championships) on July 11th if 10 swimmers sign up by January 9, 2010. Who will take up
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The Jury Is Out – Alannah Is Fast
Alannah Jury of New Zealand threw down a very fast 10K race at the Swim Karapiro Open Water Festival with a 1 hour 59 minutes swim. “It will be raising eyebrows in Australia,” said the race director Errol Newlands. “It’s right up there with the best of the best.” “We talked about it afterwards, how
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