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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In what may be the most remarkable examples of open water swimming versatility are the six crossings of the Catalina Channel by Tina Neill. In 2007, she completed a traditional 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland swimming freestyle in […]
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Tropicsurf Brand from Tropicsurf. Instead of surfers in this video by Tropicsurf, open water swimmers could have been replaced with the same words and music.
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Courtesy of Ernesto Lambretch, Lago Lácar, Argentina. The next Desafío Nonthue (or the Nonthue Challenge) include two beautiful open water swims held on January 20th 2018 in the clear waters of Lago Lácar in San Martín de los Andes in the Argentine Patagonia. For more information on the 8th annual 2 km and 4 km
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Photo courtesy of Deep Blue Media, Lake Balaton, Hungary. Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands was named Swimming World Magazine’s 2017 Open Water Male Swimmer of the Year for his close victory over Jordan Wilimovsky in Lake Balaton at the 2017 FINA World Swimming Championships 10 km race in Hungary. Weertman was also nominated for the
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Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Swimming World Magazine is merging with the International Swimming Hall of Fame with Brent Rutemiller in charge as the newly merged organizations’ Chief Executive Officer. Bill Kent, chairman of the International Swimming Hall of Fame Board of Directors, announced, “The International Swimming Hall of Fame
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Marc-Antoine Olivier winning the 5 km race at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary. Photo by Deep Blue Media. Photo of Simone Ruffini courtesy of Roger Gagnon in lac St-Jean, Quebec, Canada. The 4th FINA World Aquatics Gala Soirée des Etoiles (Evening of the Stars) will be held in China on December
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The nominees for the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year are always an eclectic mix of products, events and services that: * best support and assist open water swimmers achieve their goals, * are innovative, unique and beneficial to open water swimmers, race directors, coaches or
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