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Courtesy of Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda, Río Coronda, Argentina. Italian men swept the podium at the Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda yesterday with their female teammate standing on top of the women’s podium. Francesco Ghettini and Barbara Pozzoban won the 45th edition that changed its traditional 57 km course down […]
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In a country where there are tens of thousands of miles of shoreline and millions of endurance athletes, fitness swimmers, triathletes, competitive swimmers and open water swimmers, there are innumerable places to train, race and explore in open bodies of water in the United States. Some of hidden gems of the American open water swimming
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Swim Streamers In Open Water Swimming Courtesy of WOWSA, from the Tsugaru Channel in Japan to the Straits of Florida in the Caribbean Sea. Traditional marathon swimmers have critized the use of swim streamers by Diana Nyad in the Straits of Florida or swimmers crossing the Tsugaru Channel in Japan. “It is considered an assisted
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1 Netherlands Sven Elfferich (18) 11:55:40 16 Feb 2019 3.60°C 8.00°C Pool (fresh) Austrian Ice Swimming Champi.. 2 France Axel REYMOND (26) 11:56:60 29 Feb 2020 4.70°C 2.00°C Pool (fresh) French Championships 3 France Julien ZINSMEISTER (22) 12:08:87 29 Feb 2020 4.70°C 2.00°C Pool (fresh) French Championships 4 Bulgaria Petar Stoychev (43) 12:10:81 18 Mar
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WOWSA Live with Mányoki Attila and Ashley Twichell Time: Apr 22, 2020 07:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2827965029?pwd=S2dvWXNIZmg5WG5QeGFnemxXZDZDUT09 You are NOT comfortable NOT being courageous. And you are comfortable being courageous. For you, these two traits go hand-in-hand. Although you may become cold, you are quite comfortable – mentally, emotionally,
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Diane Bell of Sign On San Diego reported that there is another great area near the California coast where Great White Sharks congregate – the famous Malibu Beach where surfers and swimmers have ventured in off-shore waters for decades. Shark wrangler helps unlock mystery of great whites Poway man and his crew trap, tag and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the headliners of the 2018 WOWSA Talks & WOWSA Awards on November 9th in San Francisco, California will be two-time Triple Crowner Antonio. The WOWSA Talks will continue on November 10th at The Olympic Club and will culminate in a group swim in San Francisco Bay at