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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Charities who benefit from the Lee Swim Cork Lions Club Cork Lions Club has been involved with administration and fundraising from the Vibes and Scribes Lee swim since its re-introduction in July 2005. Much needed funds have been raised for local Charitable organisations such as a holiday in the […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The International Swimming Hall of Fame inducted 18 new members last week. The list of inducted members included seven swimmers, three water polo players, two divers, two coaches, two open water swimmers, one synchro swimmer and one photographer. The athletes and contributors were inducted into the hall on August
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The International Swimming Hall of Fame announced Lewis Gordon Pugh, a British environmental activist, pioneer swimmer, maritime lawyer and motivational speaker, as its 2011 recipient of the prestigious Presidential Award. Lewis will accept his award on May 6th during the Honor Induction Weekend in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The International Swimming Hall of Fame‘s Presidential Award
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the same way that athletes swim 2.4 miles in the Waikiki Roughwater Swim or 1 mile in the Great Swims, athletes are correctly credited with the shortest straight-line tangent when they do any kind of open water swim, even if they swim
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Shelley Taylor-Smith is organizing the Team STS Turkey Tour at the Bosphorous Strait Swim & Gallipoli Swim. The tour is open to only 100 Australians and New Zealanders. Option 1 includes the Bosphorous Swim in Turkey. Option 2 includes the Gallipoli Swim Tour (no race) Copyright © 2016 by
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Edgewater Park, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealan Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We had only seen the islands from a distance and did not know exactly what we had to face. We had to hike down a sea cliff after traveling about an hour by train and taxi. By the time we reached the sea and started, the tidal flow was
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Weekday holidays may be created in Tokyo to aid events at 2020 Games JIJI SEP 30, 2016 ARTICLE HISTORY PRINT SHARE Tokyo 2020 Olympics officials decided at a liaison meeting Thursday to examine a proposal to turn weekdays during the games into holidays under special legislation to facilitate the
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Swimmers all feed differently and all prepare themselves in different ways regardless of whether they are going for the record or trying to achieve a personal dream. Of the 500+ crossings I have escorted none are type cast. Often even repeat swimmers have changed their style each time they make another attempt. All the record
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