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Courtesy of Daniel Race, Ganges, India. Daniel Ponce of Spain finished second in the 81 km India National Open Water Swimming Competition from Berhampore to Murshidabad in the Ganges in India in August 2017 in 11 hours 17 minutes. He discussed his race with Daniel Race in Spanish [above]. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Charities who benefit from the Lee Swim Cork Lions Club Cork Lions Club has been involved with administration and fundraising from the Vibes and Scribes Lee swim since its re-introduction in July 2005. Much needed funds have been raised for local Charitable organisations such as a holiday in the
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Courtesy of Daniel Tan, Singapore Swimming Association. LIBERTY INSURANCE REVIVES OPEN WATER SWIM AFTER 10 YEAR HIATUS Singapore – Open Water Swimming is one of the most grueling forms of swimming. Other than battling the currents and elements of the weather, the swimmer would also need to possess the mental strength and endurance to push
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Jen – try e.g. http://slovenian.wunderground.com/MAR/buoy/62304.html?graphtype=1 – this site gives you monthly graphs and tables for 62304 buoy. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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Ivanka Gavanski is a 37-year-old American open water swimmer, runner and triathlete from San Diego, California. A chemistry graduate of York University in Toronto, Canada, she works in a managerial position at Santarus, but is tearing up the waterways in San Diego. Gavanski is a frequent participant in ocean swims and is the early leader
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Adriano Passini‘s The Challenge of the English Channel: A Spiritual Approach of the Mount Everest Swimming will be available on Kindle Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michael Oram, an inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame with hundreds of successful English Channel swims under his belt, gave these words of wisdom* to the Google Channel Swimmers Group: “If you attempt to swim the English Channel, you can
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. LEEDS, UK–At the British Swimming Coaches Association (BSCA) Conference last weekend, Melanie Marshall garnered a third-straight Coach of the Year (CotY) honours. Marshall was cited for her work with Adam Peaty. Disability CotY honors went to Glenn Smith, and Youth CotY went to Alan Bircher. A report on the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pieter Christian Jongeneel Anderica of Málaga, Spain completed a double circumnavigation swim of Manhattan Island in New York in 20 hours 15 minutes. Jongeneel’s time broke the existing record of American Skip Storch of 20 hours 56 minutes set in 2007 en route to Storch’s triple circumnavigation swim in
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