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Elizabeth Fry Honored In New York City Courtesy of Guinness World Records, Manhattan Island, New York City. Elizabeth Fry, a mild-mannered financial services professional living in the state of Connecticut, works in Manhattan Island among the multitudes. Day after day, year after year, decade after decade, the 60-year-old Fry has been making the commute into […]
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Where Is Odaiba Marine Park? Courtesy of WOWSA, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will be held in Odaiba Marine Park despite the global concerns of extreme warm water and bacterial pollution. But where is Odaiba for those who have never visited Tokyo? Odaiba
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the land, People were jumping on the open water band. Goggles and swimsuits were selected with care,In hopes that summer season soon would be there. Marathon swimmers with big dreams in their heads,After miles of training, fall fast asleep in their
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The Pursuit Of Life With Thomas Pembroke Courtesy of WOWSA, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. Thomas Pembroke, a teacher at St Pius X College in his native Australia, became the 13th – and youngest – person in history to complete the Oceans Seven. He explains his background and aquatic pursuit in a wide-ranging interview on episode 14
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5-way?!? No Way?!? Well, Maybe Yes… Courtesy of Outdoor Swimmer Magazine. “It will take some magic to accomplish, but I absolutely think it is possible. If things hadn’t gone so awry with the currents on my last lap, I had enough left in the tank to do a five-way [English Channel crossing],” said Sarah Thomas
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2020 FINA Marathon Swim World Series Schedule Courtesy of FINA. Rachele Bruni of Italy and Kristóf Rasovszky of Hungary will have one specific race and one overwhelming goal in mind for their 2020 swim season: to win gold in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo Bay, Japan on October 5th
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David Aubry Gearing Up To The 2020 Tokyo Olympics Courtesy of WOWSA, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games is scheduled to be in the very warm, very flat, tranquil Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo Bay. For fast distance swimmers accustomed to racing in a
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Toy Balloons For Open Water Swimmers Courtesy of William Mark Corporation. Mark Forti and Blake English won the 2011 TAGIE toy inventors’ award for their AirSwimmers, the 2012 Gift of the Year. For more information, visit here. Copyright © 2008 – 2019 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Together, We Are An Ocean Courtesy of Adam Walker, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. Japanese writer Ryunosuke Satoro once wrote, “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” American actress Drew Barrymore once said, “I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency
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Nominate Your Favorite Product, Event, Movie Or Book For The 2019 World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year Photo courtesy of Josef Köberl, Hintertuxer Gletscher, Austria. The innovative Icebears Hintertux training camp held in Austria and organized by Josef Köberl was voted as the 2018 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year. Anyone