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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Diane Stowell was always on the starting line at ocean swims around Hawaii for decades. She was a winner of over 20 Waikiki Roughwater Swim age-group titles, as well as at least 17 U.S. Masters Swimming national titles, and crossed the Maui Channel in 1987. She was always mentoring, […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Andrew Truscott from Jersey has been building up to his most recent unprecedented swim from Jersey to France and back. As a teenager, he completed a 66 km Round Jersey in 10 hours 39 minutes. Then, at the age of 34, he completed the 2015 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim
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Courtesy of Liz Corman. “We saw Bill May workout in Las Vegas,” said Lexie Kelly. “He is fast and tough, regularly doing some incredible hypoxic sets.” Why was the U.S. Masters Swimming national 10 km champion doing hypoxic training? Because he needs to hold his breath for long periods for his career (in the Las
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Courtesy of Ned Denison, Sandycove Island, Ireland. Catherine Sheridan, an Irish open water swimmer, joined other luminaries of the sport of open water swimming who have given TED Talks around the world: Lynne Cox, Craig Dietz, Kimberley Chambers, Lewis Pugh, Diana Nyad, Maarten van der Weijden, Ori Sela, Vicki Keith, Dr. Peter Attia, Tim Ferriss,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. German endurance athlete André Wiersig spent time in Southern California in the 1990’s when he was training with elite triathletes in San Diego on his quest to be a competitive Ironman triathlete. He returned last week to California on another quest: the Oceans Seven. Similar to when he was
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Benjamin Freeman does not waste any time. The 16-year-old Australian swimmer [shown on left with race director Doug Woodring] won the 2014 15 km Clean Half Marathon Swim in Hong Kong in the same race his sister Jemma Freeman won the women’s division. The next year at the age
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Courtesy of Jaimie Monahan, Manhattan Island, New York. Jeff Everett, a marathon swimmer from Oakland, California, is very used to swimming in cold waters. As a member and former Swim Commissioner for the South End Rowing Club, the 56-year-old trains year-round in San Francisco’s Aquatic Park. He has successfully completed several channels like the Strait
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Courtesy of Doug Woodring, Istanbul Strait, Turkey. The Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim (Samsung Bosphorus Cross Continental Swimming Race or the Samsung Boğazıçi Kitalararasi Yarislari or Samsung Boğaziçi Kıtalararası Yüzme Yarışı) is one of the World’s Top 100 Open Water Swims and the Top 50 Open Water Swims In Asia. Its 6.5 km course crosses the Istanbul
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Great Bear Swim is a series of open water swims along the Pacific Coast of Canada. The Great Bear Swim 2016 was a 50 km stage swim from Ocean Falls to Bella Bella, Canada by Dale Robinson, Susan Simmons, and Jill Yoneda. The Great Bear Swim 2017 was
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Courtesy of Deep Blue Media, Lake Balaton, Hungary. “I have been humbled to stand on the same pool deck alongside French Philippe Lucas,” said Chris Morgan about the most successful coach in the open water swimming events at the 2017 FINA World Championships. “He is able to push his athletes to superhuman performances. He preaches
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