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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Harry Huffaker, an inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, had been alternatively training for additional open water swims and traveling solo in his recreational vehicle in the state of New Mexico. Unfortunately, his trip was interrupted by a stroke/brain bleed. “Without warning, I began to experience […]
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Courtesy of Satiro Sodré, SSPress/CBDA, Lago Paranoá, Brasília, Brazil. Within eight seconds, the top nine swimmers finished the Campeonato Brasileiro de Aguas Abertas in Lago Paranoá, an artificial reservoir in Brasília, on September 17th. Among the seven fastest men in the national Brazilian open water swimming championships, two top women (Ana Marcela Cunha and Viviane
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Courtesy of Thomas Lovelock and Simon Lodge, WOWSA, Swim Serpentine, London. Ferry Weertman is on a roll – from the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to the 2017 FINA World Championships in Lake Balaton in Hungary to the Swim Serpentine in London. But he just edged Spyridon Gianniotis in the Olympics, Jordan Wilimovsky
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Courtesy of Aquatic Capital of America, Long Beach, California. Lynne Cox will be honored tomorrow night at a festive Hall o Fame event at the Peter Archer Rowing Center in Long Beach, located next to the historic Long Beach Marine Stadium (site to the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games rowing events). She will be honored
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Mark Moore, Program Director & Head Coach of the Mission Viejo Nadadores Masters, is hosting the Mission Mile, a 1-mile swim on Lake Mission Viejo in Southern California on September 24th. For more event information and online registration, visit here. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Orlando, Florida. Millions of people were caught within the ravages of the recent hurricanes that hit the Caribbean nations and southern American states from Texas to Florida. With days of heavy rainfall, flooded streets and storm surges that threatened property and lives, many non-swimmers faced difficult positions. International Marathon Swimming Hall of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. According to Ancestry.com, the surname Murphy is the Anglicized version of the Irish surname Ó Murchadha and Mac Murchadha, meaning sea warrior. Giving the number of Murphy’s in the open water swimming world, the moniker Sea Warrior seems very appropriate: * Andrea Murphy (Australia), twice completed the Rottnest Channel
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Film courtesy of Huntsville Madison County Rescue Squad, Inc. and Ali Meeks, Tennessee River, Alabama. 53-year-old John Becker won the 5-mile Swim Hobbs Island for the second year in a row. 30-year-old Blakeley Bunch who swam for Auburn University and raced at the USA Olympic Trials, won the charity swim through the Tennessee River. “Our
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Sharon Beckman Rocks With Radcliffe Illustration courtesy of Mark Steele, Harvard Magazine, September-October 2017. “It was so much fun. I laughed and giggled the whole way,” recalled Boston College Professor Sharon Beckman about her 9 hour 6 minute crossing of the English Channel in August 1982. “[But] the last two miles took forever. I could
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