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Angela Maurer Talks About Her Prolific Career On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Angela Maurer realized her childhood dream of becoming an Olympian…twice. She admitted that her race in London in Hyde Park was her optimal race – she could not swim one bit faster. That is only one small example […]
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Sid Cassidy Talks About Olympic, Professional Swimming On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Sid Cassidy has received the highest honor of USA Swimming. The Delaware native started his open water swimming career in Ocean City in New Jersey. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer and long-time FINA Technical Open Water Swimming
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Swimming Across Lake Ontario Courtesy of Tony Chisholm, Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum, Canada. Tony Chisholm has helped swimmers across Lake Ontario since 2008. He has worked with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum as a volunteer tour guide for 7 years and was Volunteer of the Year for the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake in 2015. Previously, he helped his son Shaun
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Pablo Fernández Álvarez from Madrid, Spain participated in the Great Shark Swim
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Courtesy of Pablo Fernández Álvarez, Madrid, Spain. Pablo Fernández Álvarez set his third Guinness World Record after completing 25 hours swimming in a continuous-flow pool in a charity swim for COVID-19 research [see here]. There were over 60 media reports of the event that raised over €15,000 for the Red Cross fight against COVID-19 on
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Richard Broer Talks About Dutch Open Water Swimming On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Contributor Richard Broer talked about open water swimming in the Netherlands with International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairman Ned Denison on today’s edition of WOWSA Live. Broer, a psychologist
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Pilar Geijo Talks About Her Long Career On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global. Argentina has produced many storied marathon swimmers over the past several decades who have traveled around the world, including Antonio Abertondo, Damián Blaum, Alfredo Camarero, Pedro A. Candioti, Silvia Beatríz Dalotto, Diego Degano, Lilian Harrison, Horacio Iglesias, Carlos Larriera, Gustavo Oriozabala,
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Capturing, Commemorating, Celebrating Irish Marathon Swims Courtesy of Pádraig Mallon, Newry, Northern Ireland. Pádraig Mallon of the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association and Infinity Channel Swimming and Piloting Services is looking back at history. He announced, “Open water swimming in all its benefits is growing at a phenomenal rate. The Irish Long Distance Swimming Association,
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. British channel swimming icon and journalist Kevin Murphy has proven himself in the media and in the world’s waterways as a marathon swimmer over the last several decades. A young 22-year-old from the University of Southern California, Becca Mann is displaying similar talents with a published fiction book,
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Barry Watson Reminiscences About The Past On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Barry Watson was sponsored by his home town to cross the English Channel in 1964. He proved their investment in him was a wise one. The famed 82-year-old British marathon swimmer recalled the parade and large number of well-wishers
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