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Courtesy of FINA Masters World Championships, Balatonfüred, Hungary. Masters swimmers competed in a 3 km one loop competition on August 10th in Balatonfüred, Hungary at the 17th FINA Masters World Championships. Athletes 55 years and over raced on Day One of the open water swimming events. Some of the results include the following including Joachim […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The inaugural Liberty Wave Open Water Swim will be held in Singapore. Liberty Insurance has been getting actively involved in the sponsorship and organization of the emerging sport in Singapore. Chang Sucheng, Liberty Insurance’s Chief Executive Officer said, “Singaporeans love a challenge and we believe that open water swimming
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Courtesy of FINA Masters World Championships, Balatonfüred, Hungary. Masters swimmers competed in a 3 km one loop competition on August 10th in Balatonfüred, Hungary at the 17th FINA Masters World Championships. Ruth Shaps, Conny Buijs and Cristina Tarantino each won their second consecutive world title in their respective age groups. Athletes 55 years and over
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Courtesy of FINA World Masters Championships, Balatonfüred, Hungary. Masters swimmers competed in a 3 km one loop competition on August 10th in Balatonfüred, Hungary at the 17th FINA Masters World Championships. Athletes 55 years and over raced on Day One of the open water swimming events. Some of the results include the following: Male 55-59
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Sunset on Day One. Craig Lenning supporting Sarah Thomas in big swells from the dinghy on Day Three. Courtesy of Elaine Howley, Lake Champlain, New York. For Sarah Thomas to swim 104.6 miles (168.3 km) for 67 hours 67 hours 16 minutes on Lake Champlain in New York, she need tenacity, talent and team. Her
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim is held multiple times in 2017, giving opportunities for as many swimmers as possible to swim 45.8 km (28.5 miles) around Manhattan Island in New York City. Christian Ayala Espinosa of Mexico will compete in the August 20th edition of 20 Bridges Manhattan Island
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim is held multiple times in 2017, giving opportunities for as many swimmers as possible to swim 45.8 km (28.5 miles) around Manhattan Island in New York City. Kevin Cassidy and Ian Down will both compete in the August 19th edition of 20 Bridges Manhattan
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Courtesy of Graham Dietrich. Can a person with a fear of cold water ever swim in it? Even getting a blast of cold water while in the shower is a major problem for me. I regularly got a taste of this by living in an overpopulated house with an under-powered hot water system. All it
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Courtesy of OptimusSport Distance Swim Challenge, Santa Monica Beach, California. Marcellus Wiley, a retired NFL defensive end and Pro Bowl football star nicknamed DatDude, currently co-hosts the SportsNation television program on ESPN and a sports talk radio show on ESPN Los Angeles. While he was an excellent athlete in football, he never learned to swim
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Swimming Speed in km/hour on Sarah Thomas’ Century Swim over 65 hours of swimming Courtesy of TRACK.RS, Marathon Swimmers Federation on Lake Champlain. Technology and the indomitable human spirit of Sarah Thomas have attracted and enabled thousands – perhaps tens of thousands on all the different social networks – of respectful fans and friends to
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