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Courtesy of James Loreto, Potomac River, Washington D.C. A popular marathon swim in America is the 17.2 km Portland Bridge Swim that runs through Portland, Oregon down the Willamette River. The course was pioneered by Marisa Frieder in 2010. The event then quickly started to take off in 2011 and became the longest stage of […]
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Claudia Müller (@claudia.guenter) completed an Ice Mile on January 19th 2020 in Burghausen, Germany in 28 minutes 59 seconds in 4.40°C water. She previously finished the 2014 Ironman Triathlon in Klagenfurt on the eastern shore of Lake Wörthersee, Austria. With her Ice Mile, the 49-year-old Müller is now an Iron Icewoman, the 8th in history
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Paul Georgescu Inspires The Next Generation Courtesy of Paul Georgescu, Antarctica. When Paul Georgescu participated in the Antarctica 2020 International Swim under the guidance of Ger Kennedy, he swam a Zero Ice Mile in Antarctica in a record-setting 22 minutes 44 seconds. His Zero Ice Mile had a significant impact on his students and they
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Ailén Lascano Micaz Win 500m IISA World Cup Series Title Courtesy of Ram Barkai, International Ice Swimming Association. The 2020 IISA World Cup Series has concluded after a season where the world’s best ice swimmers and winter swimmers competed in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Vietsbroon (Germany) and Cheltenham (Great Britain). Ram Barkai, chairman of the International Ice
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Kyra Wijnker Won 1000m Freestyle IISA World Cup Series Title Courtesy of Ram Barkai, International Ice Swimming Association. The 2020 IISA World Cup Series has concluded after a season where the world’s best ice swimmers and winter swimmers competed in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Vietsbroon (Germany) and Cheltenham (Great Britain). Ram Barkai, chairman of the International Ice
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Olympics In Odaiba Is On Video shows 2009 Japan Swimming Federation’s Tokyo Marathon Swimming Championships in Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. Even as the coronavirus has spread to six continents, Tokyo Olympics will most likely go ahead as planned reported the Japan Times, an English-language newspaper based in Japan. “All indications are, at this
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Olympic And World Champions To Race In Qatar Courtesy of FINA, Doha, Qatar. Olympic and world champions will kickoff the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in the Arabian Gulf in Doha, Qatar this Saturday. Florian Wellbrocks, Ana Marcela Cunha and Kristóf Rasovszky, Gregorio Paltrinieri, Haley Anderson, Ferry Weertman and Sharon van Rouwendaal [shown above after
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Swimmers Strategic Social Kick Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Catalina Channel swimmer Chris Dahowski of Paseo Aquatics [shown on left] understands swimming very well. After decades as a national-level age-group, high school and collegiate swimmer and elite competitive coach, he has a profound understanding when it is time to be intense – and when
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Courtesy of International Winter Swimming World Championships, Lake Bled, Slovenia. Alisa Fatum broke the existing 100m freestyle world record of 1:05.57 at the 2020 International Winter Swimming World Championships held in Lake Bled, Slovenia last week. Fatum’s new standard of 1:04.87 was over 4 seconds faster than second-place Julia Wittig in 1:09.17. Women’s 100m Freestyle
You Never Know When, Where Or How Courtesy of Megan Melgaard, California. Megan Melgaard has many safety certifications. The former NCAA stand-out from the University of Florida and Safety Commissioner for Swim Across America has had safety responsibilities on pool decks, in open water swimming competitions, and on Hollywood sets. But the last thing that
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