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Courtesy of Nejib Belhedi, Huntington Beach, Tunisia. With hundreds of government officials looking on, Nejib Belhedi continued with his exploration and planning of the Winter Tour of Icy Swimming in Tunisia. On January 20th, he swam solo for 1 hour 45 minutes covering 3 km in 1ºC in Barbara Lake, Tunisia. After walking upon the […]
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Courtesy of Little Ripper Lifesaver, Narabang Way Belrose, NSW, Australia. CNN broadcast an offshore rescue of two men in Australia, shown here. The technology that was used was produced by Little Ripper Lifesaver that operates advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) that deliver a range of Search and Rescue capabilities in Australia and elsewhere. Under the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 23-year-old Romina Imwinkelried from San Jerónimo Norte has already has a vast experience in the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda in her native Argentina. “This will be my fourth participation [in Santa Fe-Coronda]. I’m a little calmer, I do not have the nerves of how
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dr. Ahmed Rashad Sallam, originally from Alexandria, represented Egypt as one of its top open water swimmers in a long string of international races over the course of several years. The professor of international and business law has always possessed a philosophical view of open water swimming. “Swimming was
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Courtesy of Mazen Aziz, San Francisco, California. From Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Carbondale, Illinois, open water swimmer Mazen Aziz is a man of many skills, interests and experiences. Aziz leveraged his swimming prowess and ultimately transitioned from his modest swimming roots as a 5-year-old living outside of Cairo to competing in many open water swimming
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. British physiologist and ice swimmer Heather Massey of the University of Portsmouth examined the survival story of New Zealand diver Robert Hewitt in the journal Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine. Hewitt survived 75 hours in the cold ocean water, drifting over a distance of nearly 40 miles off the coast
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Courtesy of La Patagones Viedma, Río Negro, Argentina. The La Patagones Viedma (or the Maraton Patagones-Viedma International Open Water Swim is a 10 km professional marathon swim held in February. For more information, visit here. 2017 Female Results: 1. Adrianna Bridi (Italy) 2:11:30:42 2. Rachelle Bruni (Italy) 2:12:13:54 2. Poliana Okimoto Cintra (Brazil) 2:12:13:54 4.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Eurasia Swim Cup Cyprus is an open water swimming event held in Cyprus on 17 March 2018. Organized by Egor Teplukhin, the events include the 1 km Starter race, 1.9 km Lifestyle race, 3.9 km Masters race, 6 km Profi race, and the 10 km Hero marathon swim. For
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Endurance athlete and channel swimmer Dr. Peter Attia is arguably the most influential open water swimmer who is creatively and strategically changing the American landscape of nutritional awareness in contemporary times. Not only is Dr. Attia a very well-respected deep thinker, an engaging lecturer, a visionary evangelist, a published
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