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Courtesy of WOWSA, Cook Strait, New Zealand. Lynton Mortensen of Brisbane, Queensland became the first Australian to complete the Oceans Seven with his 14 hour 14 minute crossing of the Cook Strait today. The 54-year-old, nicknamed the Sea Bull, was the 12th person in history to swim across the 14.4 km Strait of Gibraltar (Spain […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Olympic Club. Not only did Margarita ‘Tita’ Llorens Begur win the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year for her valiant 37-hour attempt to swim 90 km between Ibiza and Javea in Islas Baleares, Spain. The 49-year-old president and inspiration of the Menorca Channel Swimming Association trained with a 42 km
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Courtesy of Laura Aguon, Science, off the coast of Waikiki Beach. Dr. Angel Yanagihara has been studying jellyfish for over two decades. A recent article in Science describes her professional situation, “Among the world’s public health problems, jellyfish stings may seem trivial.” But not to Dr. Yanagihara, ocean swimmers or anyone who has been stung
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Courtesy of Dan Wegner of Club Assistant, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay. The 2018 Open Water Summit attendees were invited to sign up for an Alcatraz Island swim. The swim was a 1.5-mile swim from Alcatraz Island to Aquatic Park finishing at the Dolphin Club where the final event of the Summit was held. The
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Announcement courtesy of Ned Denison, Chairman of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Pat Gallant-Charette was completely caught off-guard at the Open Water Summit in San Francisco, California. Listening to a myriad speeches from ice swimmers and marathon swimmers, from Olympian Aaron Peirsol to Ice Sevens Jaimie Monahan at The Olympic Club, Ned Denison,
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Courtesy of FINA, Abu Dhabi, UAE. The overall winner of the 2018 FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series title was Dutch Olympic and world champion Ferry Weertman. Despite wrapping up his long season with a 7th-place finish in the10 km race held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates this last Friday, Ferry had enough to best
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Kim Chambers Inducted In International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “If it scares you, that is exactly why you should do it. I’m talking about stepping out of your comfort zone and doing something, experiencing something, feeling something that you never thought possible. It’s about challenging yourself not just
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Photo courtesy of Brian Fitzgerald. Announcement courtesy of Ned Denison, Chairman of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Pat Gallant-Charette gave an inspirational speech at the 2018 WOWSA Talks & WOWSA Awards at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, California today. Surrounded by great swimmers from Olympian Aaron Peirsol and United Nations Patron of
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