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Courtesy of WOWSA, New Taipei City Breeze Canal, Taiwan. Reigning Olympic 1500m champion Gregorio Paltrinieri recently said, “I’ve achieved extraordinary results in my life, but I don’t stop dreaming.” With the Italian’s re-entry into the open water swimming world, he is doing what he says. This morning in Taipei, he convincingly won the 2017 World […]
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Courtesy of Swimming Canada, World University Games, Taipei, Taiwan. Way back in 2010, less than one year after American Fran Crippen died during an open water race in the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands coach Marcel Wouda pulled his 23-year-old reigning world 25 km champion, Linsy Heister, from the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai,
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Craig Handel reported that Heather Roka swam across the English Channel in 12 hours 13 minutes. Read her story here. Courtesy of Craig Handel News Press.
Courtesy of WOWSA, South Padre Island, Texas. South Padre Island is a resort town in Cameron County, Texas, United States. It was named as one of the 20 Best Beaches In America by Men’s Journal in 2017. It was also the site of the South Padre Island Open Water Festival organized by Bobby Brewer of
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Courtesy of Ned Denison, English Channel, California. Carol Cashell is an experienced Irish open water swimmer from Cork, Ireland who has participated on charity relays, competed in long lake swims, circumnavigated Manhattan Island, and completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming today with 1 10 hour 18 minutes English Channel crossing. “Carol has been
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Courtesy of Vojislav Mijić, Ohrid Lake, Macedonia. The close finish between Rio Olympian Ventsislav Aydarski of Bulgaria (14th at the 2016 Olympics) and the Netherlands’ Marcel Schouten was captured by Vojislav Mijić at the inaugural International Olimpics Swimming Marathon, a 10 km professional marathon race in Ohrid Lake, Macedonia. Closely watch the video above within
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the SWIMSMITH – Manhattan Island about Australian endurance athlete Roderick Smith, a film by Anthony Gordon. After completing 10 full Ironman Triathlons and two 515 km Ultraman Triathlons in Australia and the UK, Roderick Smith decided to shift his endurance focus from dryland to the open water. The 53-year-old recently finished 12th in the 45.8
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Courtesy of Vojislav Mijić, Ohrid Lake, Macedonia. At the inaugural International Olimpics Swimming Marathon 10 km in Ohrid Lake in Macedonia, the male and female winners received 750 euros. It was a very exciting race. Rio Olympian Ventsislav Aydarski (14th at the 2016 Olympics) won in a very close race over Marcel Schouten. Male Results
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Mexico’s Christian Ayala Espinosa completed the 20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim in 7 hours 15 minutes on his final leg of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming on August 20th. The 34-year-old Ayala completed the 45.8 km circumnavigation swim in order to support the cancer-stricken children at the
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