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Courtesy of John Tierney and S. Wine, Serpentine Swimming Club. Spanish open water swimmer Daniel Martinez Lobo from the Serpentine Swimming Club in London was the first person in the world to complete the Chorizo Four, a four-part marathon swim series, in 2015. The four swims of the Chorizo Four includes the 22.3 km Neda […]
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Swimming prime number sets is a great way to prepare one’s mind to race strategically and tactically in competitive open water races.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “After crossing Lake Biwa in 1989, I was introduced to the monks of Mount Hiei near Kyoto, Japan,” recalled Steven Munatones. “The monks were impressed that people would swim across the largest lake in Japan, but there is no way I could compare what swimmers do with what they
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Courtesy of Ned Denison, Cork Distance Week. Philip Hodges from Australia became the first person to complete the Triple Loch. The Triple Loch a swim across the three longest lochs in Scotland. In 2014, he completed a 34.8 km crossing of Loch Lomond in 13 hours 1 minute 7 seconds [photo on left]. In 2017,
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Courtesy of Pádraig Mallon, Infinity Channel Swimming and Piloting Services. While the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming is a current goal for many contemporary swimmers, swims across the English Channel and Catalina Channel and around Manhattan Island in New York was a new spin on an old goal. The Original Triple Crown is defined
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame announced a number of inductees of the Class of 2018 and the International Swimming Hall of Fame award recipients this week. * Trent Grimsey (Australia), see article here * Rohan More (India), see article here * Jacques Tuset (France), see article here
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Merck & Co., Inc., is an American pharmaceutical company. As one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, it announced it was giving the largest single donation in open water swimming history. Swim Across America received the US$3 million contribution that will be used to fund cancer research
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Courtesy of Weather Channel, featuring Darren Miller on the Oceans Seven.
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Courtesy of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and WOWSA. One of the most appreciated compliments received by any athlete is from one’s own peers. The Class of 2018 honorees in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame represent the largest group of individuals to be inducted in a single year over the institution’s
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Courtesy of Loukas Hapsis and Harris Linardos, Santorini Experience, Greece. Dimitris Negris won the Santorini Experience, a 1.6 km sea swim held on Santorini Island (Cyclades Group of Islands) in Greece on October 8th. More than 1,500 amateurs and pros from 40 countries including many Australia, UK, Germany, France, USA, Canada, China, Russia, New Zealand,
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