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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Toronto Island Lake Swim is a multi-distance open water swimming competition in Toronto, Canada. It has events of 750m, 1.5 km and 3.8 km in distance and is part of the Canadian Open Water Swim Series and the Canaqua Sports Open Water Swim Series. Over 55,000 have watched […]
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Trailer courtesy of MacGillivray Freeman Films from the IMAX documentary Journey to the South Pacific.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Skip to Navigation Skip to Content LOGIN SIGN UP HOME BUSINESS REAL ESTATE NEWS EVENTS SPECIALS My Sunshine Coast USC student Chelsea Gubecka off to Rio Published: 8th of July 2016 Comments: 0 Sport and Fitness University & TAFE Social: AddThis Sharing Buttons1924 Chelsea Gubecka at the USC Pool
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2. USMS has caught up to FINA and USA Swimming on butterfly stroke kicking: “101.3.3 Kick — All up and down…scissors kicking movement is not permitted.” This is the well deserved END of butterfrog. This should be reflected in the proposed WOWSA 10.6 description for openwater butterfly kicking. The new USMS rule became effective September
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Courtesy of International Masters Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Dr. Jim Miller will be inducted as part of a group of nine (9) outstanding individuals that will be inducted at MISHOF’s annual ceremony. The event will be held at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch in conjunction with the 2019 United
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18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR) 12 – 28 July 2019 Championships Trophy Trophée du championnat After 7 of 7 Events Rank Nation Men Women Team Event Total 1 France 53 60 8 121 2 Italy 48 38 16 102 3 Germany 41 40 18 99 4 United States 11 58 14 83 5 Hungary
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Antarctic Circle Challenge, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honor Event Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Ice Swimming Association. “Jackie Cobell is always smiling, always helping, always inspirational,” says Steven Munatones. “Nothing she does is easy whether it is swimming across channels, working on dryland, and challenging the ice, but Jackie makes it look so easy,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. HUANCHACO, TRUJILLO, PERU One of only five surfing reserves in the world, Huanchaco is the birthplace of wave-riding. For over 3,000 years, local fishermen have scoured the waters aboard caballitos de totora, beautiful vessels woven from native totora reeds. Visitors can try surfing on caballitos for a small fee