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Courtesy of Kaity Gervais, Championnats de natation, Sherbrooke, Canada. Eric Hedlin is getting ready for the outdoor open water swimming summer season…by swimming fast indoors in the pool. Last night, Hedlin set a University of Victoria and Pacific Coast Swimming record in the 400m freestyle in 3:45.07. Canadian pool and open water swimming coach Mohamed […]
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Courtesy of Laura Picardo, New York Open Water. Registration for the shorter events of the 2017 New York Open Water season (2 Bridges 2.5K/5K on June 3rd, 2-mile Governors Island Swim on July 1st, and the Spuyten Duyvil 10K on September 17th) opens March 1st. “We have a few different pricing options this year, so
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Courtesy of Hunter Helmick, Team Help!, River Murray, Australia. 25-year-old Hunter Helmick is an estimated 15 days and 299 km away from becoming the first American to swim the 2,508 km length of River Murray, Australia’s longest river. Helmick left Corryong, Victoria 110 days ago in 12°C water together with his 55-year-old father Eric Helmick
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Courtesy of Tom Morgenstern, Revista Open Water. The Catalunya Championship of Winter Swimming Open (Campeonato de Catalunya de Natación de Invierno Open) in Puigcerdà, Spain will be the highlight of the Pyrenees Ice Swimming Festival on March 18th and 19th. The water temperature is expected to be between 1°C and 5°C where the event will
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Courtesy of Tom Morgenstern, Revista Open Water. Javier Mérida Prieto is a disabled Spanish open water swimmer who became the first disabled person to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming and has completed three Oceans Seven channels. His bioprene 3.7 km cross-border challenge to cross the Beagle Channel in Argentina in 8ºC water
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Courtesy of Bill Welzien, 87 career swims around Key West, Florida. Registration for the 41st Annual 12.5-mile Swim Around Key West on June 24th opens on March 1st at 8 am (New York time). Race organizer Bill Welzien says, “We will accept applications for our hired support kayakers in March. If you have kayaked before,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The WOW Challenge (Williamstown Open Water Challenge) is held along Williamstown Beach, Australia for the past 27 years. The event also serves as the Victorian Open Water Championships and hosted one of the fastest distance swimmers in the world, Jordan Wilimovsky who finished fifth in the 2016 Rio Olympics
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Ajman City Swim will culminate the 2016-2017 UAE City Swim Series that offers open water swims in races in Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Ajman in the United Arab Emirates. The races are 250m, 500m, 1 km, and 2 km in distance and take place in the winter
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The H2OMAN Marathon Swim in Lakawon Island Resort is a multi-race open water swimming competition on Lakawon Island, Negros Occidental in the Philippines on May 6th and 7th. Organized by the Swim Academy and Pinoy Fitness, the distances include races of 500m, 1.5 km, 2.5 km, 5 km, a
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