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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado or Islas Coronados in Spanish) are a group of four islands off the northwest coast of the Mexican state of Baja California. The islands can be seen from Tijuana in Mexico or Imperial Beach and other shoreline areas of San Diego, California. The islands […]
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Courtesy of Andreas Sachs, Austrian Open Water Cup. The fifth Schwimm Festival Neusiedler See (Lake Neusiedler Swim Festival) is the largest open water swimming competition in Austria with over 600 participants. The race is located in the wine region of Austria, surrounded by vineyards that make some of the finest wines in Austria. The event
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ingemar Macarine swam from the historic Limasawa Island by swimming 10.3 km in 4 hours 34 minutes from Barangay San Bernardo on Limasawa Island to Barangay Tangkaan in the Municipality of Padre Burgos on Southern Leyte in the Philippines. Macarine attempted and completed the swim in order to celebrate
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A unique reunion occurred in Santa Fe, Argentina when Damián Blaum and his wife and two-time winner Esther Nuñez Morera met with four other overall winners of the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fé – Coronda: Carlos Larriera, Diego Degano, Fernando Fleitas, and Rafael Pérez in a Breakfast
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Courtesy of Eoin GaffneyIreland. For further information about the Lough Dan Races, email leinsteropenseaswim@gmail.com. Lough Dan (Irish: Loch Deán) is a boomerang-shaped ribbon lake near Roundwood, County Wicklow, Ireland. Registration for the 2.5 km, 5 km and 10 km races is available here. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of BiPro USA American professional marathon swimmer Ashley Twichell appears on an television commercial for BiPro, manufacturer of pure whey protein and its signature product, BiPro Whey Protein Isolate. Twichell is the aquatic embodiment of a lean, strong and well-defined physique that BiPro promotes and is a well-spoken ambassador for the brand and products.
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Courtesy of Evgeny Levashev of VolgaSwim, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. For more information on the July 15th event, visit www.volgaswim.com. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of Antonio Argüelles Díaz-González, Cook Strait, en route to the Oceans Seven. Under the guidance of Philip Rush as his navigator and Nora Tolendo as his coach, Antonio Argüelles Díaz-González of Mexico successfully crossed the Cook Strait in New Zealand yesterday. Friend and supporter Rafael Alvarez wrote in Spanish, “La piel curtida por el
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Courtesy of Messy Nessy Chic and WOWSA. First photo shows swimsuits from mid-1920s Vogue Magazine that touted “the newest thing for the sea is a jersey bathing suit as near a maillot as the unwritten law will permit.” Second photo shows one-piece swimsuits from the 1930s. Third photo shows from masters swimmers at the 2016
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Courtesy of Jim Anderson, Waikiki Swim Club, Hawaii. The Waikiki Swim Club has been going strong in Honolulu, Hawaii since the early 1970s. With the guidance of Jim Cotton, Virginia Moore, Wayne Umeda, Virginia Enos, Fred Middleton, Dorie Lalroix, Eve Anderson, Yoshi Isa, John Cater, Natalie Naugle, Tom Mahoney, Marilyn Graper, Lou Herman, Suzanne Kashiwaeda,
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