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2nd Annual Jim Whelan Open Water Festival & 55th Around the Island Marathon Registration is open for the 2nd Annual Jim Whelan Open Water Festival, featuring the 55th Around The Island™️ Swim! This marathon swim taking place on Aug 9, 2020, is around the 4 municipalities that make up Absecon Island in Atlantic County, NJ […]
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1. Petar Stoychev (BUL) 5:10:39.8 2. Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS) 5:11:15.6 3. Csaba Gercsak (HUN) 5:11:18.1 4. Francisco Hervas (ESP) 5:11:20.4 5. Trent Grimsey (AUS) 5:11:28.2 6. Allan Do Carmo (BRA) 5:11:32.2 7. Vasily Boykov (RUS) 5:11:36.3 8. Joanes Hedel (FRA) 5:13:03.1 9. Yuriy Kudinov (KAZ) 5:13:93:08.6 10. Libor Smolka (CZE) 5:13:20.1 11. Bertrand Venturi (FRA)
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John Muenzer With Ned Denison On WOWSA Live Courtesy of WOWSA Live, Cary, North Carolina. Sixth place never seemed so good – or such a relief – for 5 km world champion Ashley Twichell. She has won world championship races, both individually and on relays. She has won multiple USA Swimming national titles in the
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Courtesy of Guinness World Records Limited, Ice Sevens Challenge, Planet Earth. Jaimie Monahan is being recognized twice by the Guinness World Records Limited: Fastest time to complete an open water 10-km swimming marathon on each of the six continents Her 6 marathon swims were ratified by the Marathon Swimmers Federation and was accomplished within 16
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Michael Twigg-Smigg, Mike Oram, David Harvey, Mark Hamilton On WOWSA Live Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. 38-year-old International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer Damián Blaum of Argentina has enjoyed and endured one of the most prolific careers on the professional marathon swimming circuit. Blaum talked about many of his global adventures and professional
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Jim Cotton, founder of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, explains the history of one of the world’s greatest ocean swims: Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While some open water swimming clubs are renowned, practicing in iconic venues around the world like the Serpentine Swimming Club in London, the Olympic Club, Dolphin Club, South End Rowing Club in San Francisco, the Waikiki Swim Club in Honolulu, the La Jolla Cove Swim Club in San Diego,
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Marilyn Bell On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and International Swimming Hall of Fame dual inductee Marilyn Bell Di Lascio (Canada Lake Ontario and Strait of Juan de Fuca Ned Denison of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame interviewed Griffiths on today’s WOWSA Live
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Courtesy of Global Swim Series, Philippines. The SWIMJUNKIE Challenge Open Water Series is a series of open water swims in the Philippines that include the Subic Bay Island Swim, SWIMJUNKIE Challenge El Nido, SWIMJUNKIE Challenge: Caramoan 10K, and SWIMJUNKIE Challenge: VIP Lobo. The Subic Bay Island Swim is the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Earlier this week, Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson introduced a bill that would criminalize the use of performance enhancing drugs at international competitions like the Olympics. If passed as is, the bill could put manufacturers and distributors of banned substances in jail for a maximum of 10 years in addition
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