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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Baan Amper Beach, Thailand. The Thailand Swimming Association Open Water Swimming Series is a series of open water competitions that run from this weekend through December and includes the Thailand Swimathon held on the unspoiled beautiful coastline on Baan Amper Beach in Pattaya, Chonburi. Sponsored by the Thailand Swimming Association, the distances […]
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Courtesy of Ron Collins, Tampa Bay Marathon Swim, Florida. There are all kinds of bucket swims from the Oceans Seven to the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming (English Channel + Catalina Channel + Manhattan Island Marathon Swim or 20 Bridges Manhattan Swim). In 2015, Ron Collins, the race director of the Tampa Bay Marathon
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Courtesy of USA Swimming, Irvine, California. As multiple world and Olympic champion Katie Ledecky started swimming at world record pace in today’s 800m freestyle at the 2018 USA Swimming Championships in Irvine, California and finished in 8:11.98 to win, open water swimmers were well-represented in the finals. Haley Anderson finished third in 8:24.13 with Erica
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Nostalgia In Naples Courtesy of Long Beach Lifeguard Association Museum, Long Beach, California. The Naples Island Swim & SUP event has been held continuously since the 1920’s. The 1947 Naples Island Swim winners included Dick Miller, Tom Lind, Gene Perle and Pat Keller. “Some grandparents and parents of swimmers in this year’s event participated in
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Courtesy of John Dillon, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. John Dillon reports on open water swimming on and across Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. His report [here] focused on the recent 40.2 km In Search of Memphre that stretches from Newport in the American state of Vermont to Magog in the Canadian province of Quebec where 37-year-old Sharessa Gutierrez
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 52-year-old Simon Olliver became the first New Zealand man to complete a successful crossing of the North Channel. The Christchurch swimmer enjoyed an hour-long encounter with a minke whale en route from Northern Ireland to Scotland. Olliver talked about his 11 hour 56 minute crossing and his many other
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There will be no marathon swimming event at the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games (Games of the III Youth Olympiad) that will be held in Buenos Aires between October 6th – 18th. 206 nations will collectively send nearly 4,000 teenage athletes to compete in 32 sports including triathlon where
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Courtesy of Red Bull Surf + Rescue in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The lifeguards of Ocean City (New Jersey) won the Fourth Annual Red Bull Surf + Rescue in Atlantic City, New Jersey. But the entire competition was touch-and-go with an impending storm just offshore. “With the support of the U.S. Coast Guard, we were
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