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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Guillermo Bertola, the leading professional marathon swimmer from Argentina, and Danae Menexiadis, a channel swimmer from Greece, will appear in ‘A Swim Across’ film whose screenplay was written by Ioannis Kifonidis. Shooting will begin in September 2018 or May 2019. The movie is due to be released in Spring […]
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Courtesy of Jorge Pereira, 3 Iron Sports, Cascais, Portugal. The 6th annual Swim Challenge Cascais was held yesterday under great conditions with 350 participants. 3.8 km Top 10 Race Results 1. Andre Santoss 52:15.00 2. Amaury Rocha de Oliveira 56:09.65 3. Miguel Maria Arrobas 56:47.25 4. Ana Luisa Martins Santo 1:01:18.95 5. Miguel Sergio 1:02:54.85
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Courtesy of Art Finch, Swim Bhutan, California. Art Finch has always been interested in the personal and teaching aspect of swimming. “There is a lot to be said about the state of swimming in Bhutan, and very little being said,” explained the Red Cross-certified swimming instructor and lifeguard. Incidentally, yesterday, the family went to a
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Courtesy of Lucky Meisenheimer, Lucky’s Lake Swim, Lake Cane, Orlando, Florida. ESPN will film a biography on Olympic champion Rowdy Gaines, an open water swimming enthusiast. Dr. Lucky Meisenheimer explains the opportunity, “ESPN has done many hour-long biographies on sports celebrities and now it is finally time for a swimmer. Rowdy is a triple Olympic
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Courtesy of Darren Miller, Three Rivers Marathon Swim, California. The results of the Three Rivers Marathon Swim, organized by Darren Miller, are below. The annual 30 km three-river competition is held in the Ohio, Allegheny, and Monongahela Rivers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is a charity swim for the Forever Fund. “It turned out to be
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Courtesy of Jose Luis Larrosa Chorro, River Bhagirathi, West Bengal, India. For decades, marathon swimming events from Italy (36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli) to Argentina (88 km Maratón Internacional Hernandarias – Paraná) have attracted swimmers from around the world. More recently, newer races have been held from North Dakota (57.9 km END-WET) to New
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Courtesy of Marina Trash Skimmer, Huntington Beach, California. One of the biggest disappointments we have among the open water swimming community is swimming into plastics (bags, bottles, debris). Huntington Harbour in the City of Huntington Beach will add seven trash skimmers along the harbor. Trash skimmers are partially submerged bins and help remove floating debris
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jose Luis Larrosa Chorro won his second consecutive 81 km (50.3-mile) India National Open Water Swimming Competition in the River Bhagirathi near Bangladesh.* Next week, he will be presenting and teaching at the Liberty Wave Open Water Swim in Singapore. Larrosa’s world travels rival that of the globe-trotting adventures
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Courtesy of Ryan Holiday, Thought Catalog. Ryan Holiday of Austin, Texas wrote Ego is the Enemy and The Obstacle Is The Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials Into Triumphs. He also recently wrote Forget Meditating, Just Go For A Swim here in the Thought Catalog.
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Courtesy of Lynn Kubasek, Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association, California. Steven Dalke crossed the Santa Barbara Channel from Anacapa Island to Silverstrand on the California mainland in 7 hours 7 minutes. What made his crossing unique was how natural he did it. “Usually I see swimmers glopped from head to toes in protective goop,” said
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