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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Rachael Elkaim and Michael Hanisch were married on the August 20th 2017 in Sydney, Australia. Their wedding was held exactly 12 months to the day after completing their final leg of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming [at the 20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim]. Elkaim and Hanisch are […]
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Courtesy of Wayne Riddin, aQuellé Midmar Mile, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Earlier this year on February 13th at the aQuellé Midmar Mile in South Africa, there was an outstanding race with the 5 km world champion Chad Ho, Olympic gold medalist Ferry Weertman, 10 km world champion Chip Peterson, and 18-year-old South African 1500m champion
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Courtesy of FINIS, Livermore, California. For the first time in (our) memory, a major swimming company placed an open water swimmer so prominently in its product catalog. John Mix, who co-founded FINIS in 1993 and distributes unique, innovative products in 80 countries, has always been a strong supporter of open water swimming. But placing an
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Courtesy of Aleix Segura, Mediterranean Dive Show in Cornellà, Barcelona, Spain. We observed how fast Olympic champion Ferry Weertman swims in the open water and how long Sarah Thomas swims in the open water and we shake our head in wonder. The swimming feats of people around the world continue to boggle our mind and
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Vera Rivard, Charlotte Brynn Speedy In Willoughby Story and photos courtesy of Phil White, Lake Willoughby, Vermont. The Rivard Sisters – 13-year-old Vera and 10-year-old Margaret – continued to make a splash in Lake Willoughby during the Northeast Kingdom Swim Week. Vera finished in a tie for first place overall in today’s 5-mile swim with
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Courtesy of WOWSA, English Channel. With his successful crossing of the English Channel this morning, Joe Zemaitis became the latest swimmer to achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. In addition to seven lake swims in the S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge [shown above] in his native Arizona, the Strait of Gibraltar, and the International Self-Transcendence
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Courtesy of David Handley, Beachcomber Island, Fiji. Louise Scales (née Louise Stevenson) has twice won the 19.7 km Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia (in 2010 and 2011) and was the first person to complete a 38 km two-way crossing from the mainland of Fiji to Beachcomber Island and back in 9 hours 45 minutes
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Courtesy of Press of Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Jim Whelan, an Honour Administrator in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame who organized the Atlantic City Around the Island Swim, passed away at the age of 68 due to heart attack at his home. Sid Cassidy remembers the force of nature who served
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Courtesy of Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, Catalina Channel, California. It has taken 18 years, but Shane Moraghan achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with a 9 hour 15 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel on Monday. The Dublin (Ireland) swimmer completed his final leg in Catalina in a charity swim for the Cystic
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