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Nora Toledano Making Things Happen In The Open Water Courtesy of Oswaldo Toledano. Mexican filmmaker Oswaldo Toledano produced a short film of International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer, his sister Nora Toledano. The film represents what the sea means to her: life, passion, peace, freedom, greatness, love, silence, refuge. In addition to her […]
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Courtesy of Elias Lefas and Andreas Papakonstantinou – Tourette Photography. The Authentic Marathon Swim race is rescheduled for 2020 – 2,500 years after when it first started in Artemision, Greece. The authentic marathon swimming route, first completed by Skyllias together with his daughter Hydna, will now be revived by combining the historical legend with contemporary
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Open water swimmers often discuss, debate and experiment with different gel packs and drinks before determining what works best for them. There are also discussions concerning when to drink or eat during a race or solo swim (see gel pack in Chloe Sutton’s technical swimsuit on left). Various research projects have found that ingestion of
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Olympic 10K Marathon Swim thought experiment in the Tokyo Olympics, racing in Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo Bay
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Olympic 10K Marathon Swim thought experiment for the men racing in Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo Bay at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
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Swimming Mask Competition Heats Up In Japan Courtesy of Yahoo News, Tokyo, Japan. Commercial competition is always tough inside Japan. After the large Konami Sports Club in Tokyo announced its use of new swimming pool masks in the post-lockdown era (see here), 38-year-old Junya Nishigawa, the president of Rockin Pool also launched a new type
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The Santorini Experience, The Swim Goes On Courtesy of the Santorini Experience, Santorini Island, Greece with photos by Loukas Hapsis and Babis Giritziotis After thousands of press releases of postponements and cancellations open water events around the world with a few virtual races taking their place, there is now a welcomed change of the tide.
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Sunny Lowry, Giving And Sharing A Long Life Of Service Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. From Lorna Cochran who swims the aQuellé Midmar Mile in her 90’s to Dr. Otto Thaning who completed a crossing of the English Channel at the age of 73, longevity among open water swimmers is well established. One of
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Cancelled: Catalina Channel Crossings For 2020 Courtesy of the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, Catalina Channel, California. Forrest Nelson, David Clark, Don Van Cleve, Paula Selby, Becky Jackman, Carol Sing, and John York, members of the Board of Directors of the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, announced the cancellation of the 2020 Catalina Channel season. They announced,
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Waterlog About Floating Courtesy of Ben Cox. Waterlog is a short documentary by director Ben Cox which tells the story of writer Joe Minihane and his battle with anxiety. Finding an antidote in the form of wild swimming Joe sets out to retrace the route of environmentalist Roger Deakin’s nature writing classic, Waterlog. In a
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