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Courtesy of Phil White, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont (USA) and Québec, Canada. All kinds of events were completed during the Tenth Annual Kingdom Swim in Lake Memphremagog last weekend in 72-74°F under largely sunny skies, light winds with, as race director Phil White explains, “only one wicked rain shower kicking up briefly in the afternoon.” 125 […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The final stage of the FINA/Hosa Marathon Swim Series in Abu Dhabi has been changed to November 9th. Poliana Okimoto (silver), Aurélie Muller (gold) and Ana Marcela Cunha (bronze) are shown above in a FINA photo at the 2016 FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup held in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Naples Island, California. Olympic medalist. World champion. Elementary school teacher. Not many people have those three accomplishments on their resume. But Kristy Kowal and Matt Biondi are among the few grade school educators with this athletic background. After their international pool swimming careers took them around the world, both Kowal and Biondi
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Courtesy of FINA, Lac St-Jean, Québec, Canada. Last Thursday in the renowned Lac St-Jean in Québec, Canada, Ana Marcela Cunha claimed her 20th career FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series victory. Like all of her other 19 victories, the race was not easy. At the 5 km mark,Cunha pushed the pace and led a five-woman breakaway,
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Courtesy of Lucas Rivet, Triple Corona Sudamericana. The first person to successfully complete the Triple Corona Sudamericana (South American Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming), coined by Lucas Rivet, was International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Gustavo Oriozabala of Argentina. Oriozabala’s exploits ranged from solo ice swimming to professional marathon races. To date,
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Courtesy of Mark Johnston, Flathead Lake, Montana. The Swim Guide is an app (iPhone and Android) and a web-based platform that delivers free real-time water quality information for over 7,000 beaches, lakes, rivers, and swimming holes in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, New Zealand, the Bahamas, and Australia. It was started by the Lake Ontario Waterkeepers
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Winnipeg, Canada. Katrina Bellio out-sprinted Regan Rathwell and Catherine Minic in the women’s 1.5 km race at the 2018 RBC Canadian Junior Championships at the St. Malo Provincial Park. “It was pretty good, pretty hard,” said Bellio who also won the 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle and 400m individual medley. “I wasn’t
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Naples Island, Long Beach, California. Michael Murphy will be the first person to complete the Naples Island Swim backstroke. His road to this unprecedented 3-mile backstroke swim began in 1993 when he was temporarily paralyzed due to ruptured disks. His surgery and follow-up recovery emphasized swimming. This was a welcomed recovery because
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