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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Recently back in North Carolina off of her dominating victory at the 10 km USA Swimming Open Water National Championships, Ashley Twichell is featured on the cover of this month’s issue of Swimming World Biweekly. Download the free issue here. Interested readers can also download a PDF of all […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In 2005, Hungarian marathon swimmer Attila Manyoki and his Greek swimming buddy Giannis Kotsiopoulos and two members of the Leandros Swim Club pioneerd the first 6 km crossing of the Corinth Canal. “We were the first solo swimmers who completely swam across the Corinth Canal,” explains Manyoki. “Kotsiopoupou was
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Courtesy of USA Swimming, Castaic Lake, California. After his dominating 10 km performance during this past weekend’s USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships, Jordan Wilimovsky decided to skip the 5 km race two days later at Castaic Lake in Southern California. This opened up the competition to his American rivals, both his junior (David
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Courtesy of USA Swimming, Castaic Lake, California. Of the top 20 finishers, 12 women were foreign visitors to this past weekend’s USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships at Castaic Lake in Southern California. But the race also solidified the dominance of Haley Anderson and Ashley Twichell among the American women. While Anderson swam strategically
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Courtesy of Alexander Bazanov, Volga Swim, Russia. Alexander Bazanov organized several running events and several small open water swimming competitions before he set about to manage a large international race, the Volga Swim in Russia. “In 2016, we had 400 swimmers in the race where they crossed a wide river with a strong current. The
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Courtesy of Ori Sela, Haifa, Israel. On June 2nd, Ori Sela is hosting the second annual Swim from the Heart in Haifa Bay, Israel. Sela explains, “Swim from the Heart raises awareness and critical research funds to predict and prevent sudden cardiac death (SCD) in children and young adults. SCD is a major cause of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 66-year-old Pat Gallant-Charette just completed a 23 hour 54 minute crossing of the 26-mile (42 km) Molokai Channel from Molokai Island to Oahu en route quest to complete the Oceans Seven. Since 2008, she has now completed crossings of the English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Tsugaru Channel,
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Courtesy of @USASwimLive on Castaic Lake, California. It is not often that a team in the middle of a desert develops a strong open water swimming program and mindset, but the Sandpipers of Nevada are being pushed and motivated by coach Ron Aitken. All the long hours and miles and months of hard work paid
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While the 5 km race in Malaysia at this week’s Asian Open Water Swimming Championship went off without a hitch, the water warmed up to 31.9°C (89.42°F) before the 10 km race. Team Japan – rightly so – pulled its swimmers from the event. But under the auspices and
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