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From Copacabana to Catalina, from Magog to Melbourne, from Seattle to São Paulo, we have covered and traveled the world to cover open water swimmers and events of all distances and types. Special Olympics races in Athens, masters swims in Tokyo, charity swims in the Caribbean, mass participation swims in Rio de Janeiro. But Albania […]
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Courtesy of Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean, Quebec, Canada Overall Results: Marcel Schouten (Netherlands) Christopher Deegan (Australia) Lars Bottelier (Netherlands) Matias Diaz Hernandez (Argentina) Samuel Matte (Canada) Evgenij Pop Acev (Macedonia) Damian Blaum (Argentina) Edoardo Stochino (Italy) Morgane Dornic (France) Aleksandar Ilievski (Macedonia) Pilar Geijo (Argentina) Alice Franco (Italy) Aquiles Balaudo (Argentina) Marie-Laurence Lortie (Canada)
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Video courtesy of Jan Verbeek, JR Shibuya Station, Tokyo, Japan.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Here are 15 ways to tell you come from a swimming family. 1. Somewhere In Your House Is A Dedicated Gear Area. Alabama Photo Courtesy: Amelia J. Brackin This place is full of mesh bags, old see-through swimsuits, goggles, caps, and has a distinct smell of chlorine. 2. There
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ger Kennedy and Barry O’Connor, two Irish ice swimmers, talk about ice swimming during the 2016 Big Chill Swim in Windermere, England. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Olympic Swimming In Hot Water…And Brown, Murky, Slimy & Polluted Courtesy of Swimming World Magazine, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. The occasionally-discussed, minor-problem-in-the-big-Olympic-picture debate about whether or not the location of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim should remain at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo Bay seems to not go away. While the IOC and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
‘——– THE END-WET 2020 GUEST SWIMMER IS… ——————————– Before we announce who this year’s Guest Swimmer is going to be, I wanted to do a small introduction. My name is Don Henderson and I am taking over direction of END-WET this year. The esteemed Tim Bauer will be helping me take this on. Tim needs
Swimming At The Bottom Of The World Courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association, Antarctica. 1. Lynne Cox (USA) 1.96 km in 0.0°C in 25 minutes in Neko Harbour at 64.8° S latitude in 2002 2. Lewis Pugh (UK) 1 km in 0.0°C in 18 minutes in Petermann Island at 65.2° S latitude in 2005 3.
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From The Backyard To The Channel Courtesy of Chris Morgan, Gators Swim Club, Danvers, Massachusetts. In this era of lockdowns, quarantines and shelter-in-place ordinances, swimmers can find alternatives to their temporarily closed training facilities and beaches: backyard swim pools. These backyard pools present a useful alternative in these trying times. Chris Morgan of Gators Swim
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