Michael Read’s 70-year Journey To A World Title
Michael Read, MBE continues to compete in multiple races in the pool and throughout the open water swimming world.
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Lesley Meaney, An Incredible Woman Who Inspires Others
Michael Read, MBE continues to compete in multiple races in the pool and throughout the open water swimming world.
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The Global Strength of Swimming at American Universities
In the American competitive pool swimming world, there are many centers of excellence. Some universities have long been places where Olympian champions (e.g., Ous Mellouli at USC shown above on left and Leon Marchand at Arizona State University shown above on right) have trained. Stanford University and University of California Berkeley are the top schools
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Open Water Representatives At The Highest World Aquatics Level
The World Aquatics Bureau is the highest governing body of competitive aquatic sports that oversees open water swimming, diving, high diving, water polo, and pool swimming. The World Aquatics Bureau consists of 39 members with its President elected by the Congress, 22 continental representatives and 16 at-large representatives from Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. The World Aquatics Bureau very
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Sand In Very Unlikely Places
Getting in and out of a car – and most other places – as a lower body amputee is not easy. But Nicola Doran (51, Ireland, IISA bio here, @nicoladoran1) is also driven to get in and out of her car often. To go to the coast around her hometown of Donaghadee in Northern Ireland.
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Simon Olliver Overcomes The Channel of Bones to Achieve The Oceans Seven
Reported by Bill Goding in Hawaii. On his third attempt, Simon Olliver (61, New Zealand, MSF bio here, @simon_channelswimmer) from Christchurch completed a 45 km crossing of the Molokai Channel from Molokai Island to Oahu in Hawaii, escorted by Ivan Shigaki on August 30th in 14 hours 24 minutes on his third attempt. The courageous crossing of the Channel of Bones enabled him
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First Impressions and First Sights of the North Channel
Wow. After landing in Dublin via a nearly 11-hour flight from LAX, I traveled to Belfast, then Bangor, and then Donaghadee in Northern Ireland. My plan is to watch Andreas Waschburger (38, Germany, MSF bio here, IISA bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @andreaswaschburger) attempt a 35 km crossing of the North Channel from Donaghadee to Portpatrick,
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Beauty, Sadness, Mystery at the Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race
Beauty The Turkish Olympic Committee’s annual Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race is so cool and so iconic. On the one day of the year that the Bosphorus Strait is closed to all regular marine traffic and the open water swimming community takes over, the intercontinental crossing of the Bosphorus Strait is a showcase of all
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Open Water Swimmers Attack Shark Bars
Jeffrey Rake of Encinitas, California (USA, @SharkRepel) does a lot in the ocean: he serves as an escort kayaker, he swims himself, and his latest iteration, is as an aquapreneur. While he escort kayaks swimmers across the 32.3 km Catalina Channel and enjoying coastal swims like the La Jolla Roughwater Swim he introduces his latest
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Andreas Waschburger, Six Down, One To Go with the North Channel Looming Ahead
Rob Woodhouse, an Olympic swimmer and CEO of Swimming Australia, is one channel crossing from achieving the Oceans Seven. He talks about his journey.
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