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Courtesy of Maarten van der Weijden. 2008 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim champion Maarten van der Weijden is preparing for and visualizing his upcoming 24-hour swim on May 23th – 24th in order to benefit cancer research (Swimik ga 24h zwemmen Groot 2). Follow Maarten on Facebook here. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming […]
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Courtesy of SoCal Cup, Lower Castaic Lake, Southern California. The Southern Pacific Masters Swimming announced its 2017 summer open water swimming schedule: * 4th Annual SoCal Cup Open Water Championships* (see here) in Castaic Lake on May 20th-21st * 48th Annual Seal Beach Rough Water Swim** (see here) in Seal Beach on June 24th *
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Photo courtesy of Al Bello; text courtesy of USA Swimming, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Upon the recent passing of long-time USA Swimming CEO Chuck Wielgus, Mike Unger was named as USA Swimming’s Interim Chief Executive Officer. Unger is unusual at the highest levels of swimming in the U.S. and among the 208 members within FINA because
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Courtesy of National Geographic Magazine. Because such an overabundance of plastic refuse presents such an increasing problem in the world’s oceans, it might be an interesting solution to the over-polluted planet if mealworms could swim and exist in water without creating other unforeseen or unanticipated problems.
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Courtesy of Seti Afoa, Apolima Strait Swim, Samoa. Six soloists and three teams completed the 22.3 km swim Apolima Strait Swim from Upolu to Savai’i in Samoa. The youngest of the pack led the way and has the potential to become the best hope for Samoa open water swimming on the international scene. Not only
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Courtesy of Paradise Adventures Sarasota, Sarasota, California. The year after the 7-mile (11.2 km) Swim Around Lido Key was cancelled due to weather, race directors David Miner and Steve Butler were hoping for the best. As the weather cooperated this time, Miner and Butler put on an outstanding comeback swim that concurrently served as the
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Courtesy of Paradise Adventures Sarasota, Sarasota, California. Chelsea Colwill won the U.S. Masters Swimming Marathon Distance Open Water National Championship at the Swim Around Lido Key event this weekend. The 28-year-old Floridian was the fastest overall swimmer – male or female – completing the 7-mile (11.2 km) circumnavigation of Lido Key in Sarasota, Florida in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The opening address of the 2017 Congress of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame was given by Christopher Guesdon with the support of the Executive Committee of Ned Denison, Beth Yudovin, Melissa Cunningham, and Dale Petranech. “In today’s congress I will shortly go through the agenda and before
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Samoana Sharks Fautasi by Paul Chetirkin. The Samoana High School Sharks offer a rowing team for its student in Samoa. At 1:15 into the video above, a Pacific blacktip shark is shown. “It was not part of the boat photo shoot and was caught inadvertently. The blacktip is rarely a threat to humans and is
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