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Courtesy of Oscar Rubio, Open Water World Tour, Alameda, California. The last event of the OWWT, the Crown Beach Swim Race took place on August 11, 2018 at Robert W. Crown Memorial Beach in Alameda, CA. Twenty eight swimmers each competed in one of three distances, 0.5 miles, 1.2 miles, and 2.4 miles. Conditions were […]
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Courtesy of Nick Adrian, Huntington Beach, California. The Mysteries at the Museum segment on Walter Poenisch will be broadcast on September 19th at 9:00 pm New York time on the Travel Channel. Future reruns of the broadcast are listed here. Copyright © 2008-2018 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lake Huron just done…20:53 Copyright © 2008-2018 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Mihir Sen (মিহির সেন) was a man of unusual talents and an accomplished marathon swimmer, inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. His exploits and achievements were celebrated twice in his native India by two separate Prime Ministers. Sen was awarded two separate civilian honors: the Padma
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Pat Gallant-Charette On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Pat Gallant-Charette Ned Denison of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame interviewed Griffiths on today’s WOWSA Live program. Bell recounted the following. * Oceans Seven * * * * * * * For more
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. HUNTINGTON BEACH. There are three types of chafing: skin-on-skin, fabric-on-skin and hair-on-skin. chafing can be caused by stroke technique, sighting, swimsuit types, salt concentration in the water, water temperature, facial hair, duration in the water, and body type. Most people use lubricants (Vaseline or other types of petroleum jelly,
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Courtesy of Karien Jonckheere, aQuellé Midmar Mile, South Africa. All kinds of changes are coming this year to the aQuellé Midmar Mile in South Africa. Defending aQuellé Midmar Mile women’s champion Robyn Kinghorn has confirmed she will be among the swimmers taking part in the 2021 event. Kinghorn and men’s winner Michael McGlynn completed a
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Swimmers Helping Swimmers, Supporting Each Other Have you ever wanted to do a charity swim or attempt an unprecedented swim somewhere exotic around the world? Have you thought of a solo swim that draws attention to your favorite cause or charitable organization? Have you wished to attempt a swim, but simply faced a limitation of
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Courtesy of Ram Barkai, False Bay, South Africa. Ram Barkai and Kieron Palframan completed an unprecedented ocean swim in 2 hours 13 minutes. On the face of it, the distance is not that far, the time was not that long, and the water temperature was not that cold. But for swimmers who grew up before
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