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Courtesy of Swimming Australia, Brighton Beach, Adelaide, Australia. Kareena Lee and Hayden Cotter won the 5 km races at the 2019 Australian Open Water Championships on Brighton Beach in Adelaide. Lee swept the 5 km and 10 km races over the weekend while 17-year-old Cotter upended the 10 km winner Nick Sloman. Men’s 5 km […]
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Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Leme to Pontal Swimming Association, Brazil. Catarina Almeida Porfírio completed the 36 km Travessia do Leme ao Pontal on January 28th on a beautiful, starry night along the coast of Rio de Janeiro. Adherbal de Oliveira reports, “The conditions were good with a sea of 1 meter in height, ocean
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Courtesy of Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda, Río Coronda, Argentina. Matheus Evangelista will be the only Brazilian swimmer competing in the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda in Río Coronda in Argentina on February 3rd. He finished 10th in the 2014 event and 5th in the 2017 race. “For me
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Courtesy of Castle Swim Series. The Castle Swim Series includes open water swims in and around castles in England, Ireland and France: May 25th – 26th: 1.6 km, 2.5 km, 5 km Lough Cutra Castle Swim in South Galway, Ireland June 22nd – 23rd: 1.6 km, 2.5 km, 5 km Cholmondeley Castle Swim in Cholmondeley,
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Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The International Swimming Hall of Fame announced that Robert Strauss was honored with the 2019 Virginia Hunt Newman Award. Brent Rutemiller explains the award and its latest recipient, “The Virginia Hunt Newman International Award is sponsored by Kiefer, the “Keep ‘em Swimming” company founded in
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Courtesy of Swimming Australia, Brighton Jetty, Brighton Beach, Adelaide, South Australia. For Australian swimmers aiming to get on the podium in the major international open water swims coming up in 2019, Brighton Beach in South Australia is the all-important site of the 2019 Australian Open Water Championships this week. The first day saw training teammates
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Julie Newton Wins Overall Cold Half Courtesy of Doug Woodring, Hong Kong. 36-year-old Julie Newton traveled from Singapore to brave the January weather and water in Hong Kong. She won the bioprene category (non-wetsuit) at the 15 km Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim from Stanley Main Beach to Deep Water Bay Beach for the second
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Charlotte Brynn, Executive Director of the Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame explains, “The mission of the Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame is to recognize those Vermonters and those with substantial connections to Vermont who have achieved greatness in the open water and those who make significant, awe-inspiring contributions to their success.“
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