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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Gilles Rondy has enjoyed quite a career in the open water. In 2004, he crossed the English Channel in a quick 7 hour 54 minutes. He later won the 2006 European Championships in Budapest in the 25 km marathon and then qualified in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at […]
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Courtesy of Melissa Kelley, Dreamfuel. The president of the Afghanistan Swimming Federation contacted Dreamfuel to launch a campaign to create the first Afghanistan National Women’s Swimming Team. Melissa Kelley of Dreamfuel explains, “Dreamfuel became deeply moved by this campaign. We all know that sport can change lives. In this instance, that can be the case
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Seven years ago today, American Fran Crippen and German Angela Maurer won both very close finishes in Viedma, Argentina on the second stop on the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup at the 2010 La Patagones Viedma race. Copyright © 2017 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of Brenton Williams, Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. South Africa’s top female open water swimmer Michelle Weber had another strong swim in the 10 km swim at Marina Martinique in South Africa. The 10 km victory was her second in two days at the Eastern Cape Open Water Swim Championships. Both Weber and Nico Manoussakis
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Replay of live webcast courtesy of La Patagones Viedma, Argentina. Italy went 1-2 among the men when Federico Vanelli won the La Patagones Viedma, the first race in the 2017 FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup series, by 30 seconds over this teammate Simone Ruffini. Vanelli and Ruffini’s finish was equated by their female teammates,
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Replay of live webcast courtesy of La Patagones Viedma, Argentina. Italy went 1-2 among the women when Adrianna Bridi won comfortably La Patagones Viedma, the first race in the 2017 FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup series, over Rachele Bruni who tied Poliana Okimoto Cintra in 2 hours 12 minutes 13.54 seconds. Bridi and Bruni’s
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Barbara Pozzobón has been getting better and better over her open water swimming career. Today, she earned her first FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit victory in the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda. Pozzobón won the 43rd edition of the river race in 8
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Damián Blaum won today’s Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda, his first career victory in the opening stage on the 2017 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit. Blaum completed the 57 km race in 8 hours 28 minutes, comfortably beating second-place Edoardo Stochino of Italy (8 hours
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Photos circa 1919-1920 in Huntington Beach, California. From the shores of Huntington Beach, Santa Catalina Island can be seen across the Pacific Ocean on nearly every day. Decades ago, the coastline along the Huntington Beach coast was an oil drilling center in Southern California. The same California coastline is now a bustling suburb of Los
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Video of the 2015 24 Hour Swim Relay courtesy of Lisa Amorao, Cathy Harrington, Laura Leahy, Anne Whalen McLindon, Melissa King, and Suzie Dods from Aquatic Park in San Francisco Bay. “We have 80 swimmers this year who will swim from 9 am on Saturday to 9 am on Sunday,” explained Suzie Dods who created
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