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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2017 FINA Masters World Championships will be held in Budapest, Hungary with its open water swimming events held in Balatonfüred between August 10th-12th. 55 years and older will compete in the open water on August 10th while age 40-54 will compete on August 11th, and the 25-39 year […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Local. Check. Bilingual. Check. Lifeguard. Check. Coach. Check. Volunteer. Check. Committee member. Check. Amateur participant. Check. Professional participant. Check. Jérémie Bonneau has checked off all the boxes when he applied for the position of the Directeur Général of the Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean, the most prestigious, historic, and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cristian Vergara is now in Chile, planning to fly to Easter Island on November 18th. Most of his support crew for his unprecedented 38-mile (61 km) circumnavigation swim of Easter Island will arrive on the 21st. Easter Island lies 3,512 km (2,182 miles) away from the nearest continental point
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Arafat Gatabazi Walks And Swims To Realize His Dream Courtesy of Beautiful News, Robben Island, South Africa. “I went from fleeing my country to being free in the water,” said Congolese swimmer Arafat Gatabazi who received the 2016 Open Water Swimmer of the Year from the Cape Long Distance Swimming Association. Gatabazi walked over 3,400
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Courtesy of George Block, World Swimming Coaches Association. In this era where a handful of pool swimmers earning millions of United States dollars for their accomplishments and achievements and numerous other competitive pool and open water swimmers earn enough money to define themselves as professional athletes, George Block of the World Swimming Coaches Association compiled
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Portuguese Swimming Federation (Federação Portuguesa de Natação) announced its annual awards in Porto over the last weekend. Open Water Swimming Coach of the Year honors went to Rui Borges while the Open Water Swimming Official of the Year was given to Alexandre Fernandes. The Open Water Male Swimmer
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Howard James (née Keech) did the improbable. James accomplished the unprecedented. James opened and closed the books on the English Channel crossing season this year in an historically unparalleled fashion. On May 16th, James completed the earliest crossing of the English Channel in 13 hours 13 minutes, a record
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