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Florian Wellbrock Wins 2020 Tokyo Olympics Qualifier Courtesy of FINA, Yeosu EXPO Ocean Park, Gwangju, South Korea. Florian Wellbrock won the FINA World Championships 10 km marathon swim. His victory qualifies him as the top seed for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games 10 km race – by the slimmest of margins. The 21-year-old Wellbrock, one […]
Courtesy of Swimming In The Blue Zone Courtesy of WOWSA, Sardinia, Italy. Ogliastra Swimrun – Sardinia Challenge will be held on October 19th with a 5.4 km open water swim, a 15.4 km course and a 21 km course called the Campionato Regionale Half Distance. For more information, visit here. Swimming All In The Family
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Aurélie Muller won the gold medal at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary. But the 28-year-old Muller battled all kinds of disappointments and challenges for years before she was able to stand on top of the podium in an international open water race. She has faced
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I believe we met in DC when you gave a presentation at the Multisport World Expo a few years ago. I was then co-director of that event. I have served on the USA Triathlon Board of Directors and other volunteer governance positions at USAT. I have directed triathlons for the past 13 years, and now
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The twain shall never meet. Triathletes clad in neoprene and marathon swimmers lathered in Vaseline or lanolin are like night and day, black and white, liberal and conservative. They are complete opposites enjoying their lifestyle in the same open bodies of water. Occasionally, they cross and look each other askew. That is, could a triathlete
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Daily News of Open Water Swimming: When and where did you start to swim? Maureen Mech Montgomery: Daily News of Open Water Swimming: What was your first adventure in the open water? Maureen Mech Montgomery: Daily News of Open Water Swimming: What attracts you to channel crossings and marathon
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At the start of the first Clubhous Swim of 2020 Swimmer Scout Natalie Mooney and her husband Gordie Under Way in the NEK DERBY, VERMONT – A full season of small group, socially distanced open water swimming is now well under way in the legendary lakes of the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. So far, Kingdom
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The CS&PF rules state 60°C water temperature for 6 hours. That is unfortunately what it has to be for your ratified swim. Personally 60°C has always felt the same whether I’m in fresh or salt water. There are many differences between the two water types but temperature is not one of them. A word of
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