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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Registration for the first 400 athletes to compete in the Red Bull Neptune Steps open today. Red Bull Neptune Steps requires athletes to swim and climb 420 meters of cold water and climb 18 meters over seven canal lock gates. Last year, it took only 8 minutes before Scotland’s […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A cross border swim is an international swim or intercontinental swim that starts in one country or continent and finishes in another country or continent, crossing a border somewhere along the course. There are many cross-border open water swims around the world. Some include Georgeville or Bust (between Canada
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Courtesy of Joe Grossman, Secretary of the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation. Back in 1967, the move to the Olympic Games began under the leadership of Herman Willemse [shown on left], the then president of the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation, vice president George Park, and Secretary-Treasurer Joe Grossman. The Federation petitioned the International Olympic
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Courtesy of Joe Grossman, Secretary of the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation. The history of the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame were outlined in a typed memorandum and distributed bulletins to professional marathon swimmers by Joe Grossman in a Federation document circa Spring 1972. This is his information:
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kelvin Steyn and Gary Albertyn both completed 16 miles at the aQuellé Midmar Mile to join the 16-mile Club, but they did an extra mile on Saturday to become the first swimmers to do 17 in one Midmar Mile weekend. Steyn also reached his own milestone of 50 career
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While all eyes were on the pre-race favorites 2016 Olympic champion Ferry Weertman and his long-time rival Chad Ho at the 44th annual aQuellé Midmar Mile, Matthew Meyer proved to be the fastest man of the pack. The South African 1500m Olympian looked mightily competitive in a pack that
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Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, aQuellé Midmar Mile, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Ashley Twichell lived up to her billing and won her third aQuellé Midmar Mile today over South African Olympian Michelle Weber (18th in the 10 km in Rio de Janeiro) and Holly Hibbott of Great Britain. Top 10 Results: 1 Ashley Twichell 19:24 2
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Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, aQuellé Midmar Mile, South Africa. Terence Parkin, originally from Zimbabwe, completed another 8 miles for charity at the 44th aQuellé Midmar Mile. The deaf pool and open water swimmer for South Africa who won the silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games in the 200m breaststroke, is a real-life hero
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Afghanistan Swimming Federation has a campaign to create the first Afghanistan National Women’s Swimming Team. Melissa Kelley of Dreamfuel explains, “We know that sport can change lives. In this instance, that can be the case for generations to come.” The Afghanistan Swimming Federation launched an online fundraiser to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2017 calendar for the LEN European Open Water Swimming Cup includes six venues in five countries: * Leg 1 on March 26th – 10 km in Eilat, Israel * Leg 2 on July 1st – 10 km in Barcelona, Spain * Leg 3 on August 5th – 7.5
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