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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. British billionaire Richard Branson is back on. He recovered from a recent head-first, high-speed cycling crash on the British Virgin Islands and is on track to attempt a charity tandem swim together with American actor Adrian Grenier in the 3.2 km Strait of Messina in Italy on September 27th. […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 30 km (18.6-mile) 3RMS (Three Rivers Marathon Swim) Alumni Relay included Anthony McCarley, Kimberly Plewa, Janet Kylander Manning, Melodee Nugent, and Tim Bachman swam in 30-minute legs for a 9 hours 8 minute swim in the three rivers of Pittsburgh. Observer Mike Nugent and kayakers Nikki Navarro and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Since 1978 no one has had the influence of open water swimming in the USA Swimming community like USC and Trojan Swim Club coach Catherine Vogt. A trailblazer, she was awarded her fourth unprecedented Glen S. Hummer Award, a award given to the person or group making the greatest
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. American Peter Jurzynski is the one of the oldest successful swimmers of the English Channel and a member of the Half Century Club. He was inducted as an Honour Swimmer in 2005 in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and has swum the Boston Light Swim numerous times.
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Aleksey Akatyev Pulling Double Duty Back In The Day Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in the day, Russian open water swimmer/coach Aleksey Akatyev (also spelled as Alexei Akatiev in English) literally did it all. A member of the Class of 2010 of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Akatyev was not only
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lynn Blouin is a remarkably talented woman who has devoted decades of her time and talents to supporting and promoting the sport of open water swimming. Blouin was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 2004 as an Honour Administrator for her work of over two
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Charlie Gravett, Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club. The British Army won again the Holidays for Hero’s relay race around Jersey. The charity swim raises money for Holidays for Heroes Jersey which provides holidays in Jersey for injured service personnel and their families. “In Jersey, seven teams of six swimmers competed around the 41-mile course,” describes
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Courtesy of Bruckner Chase, Legion of Ocean Heroes, Beesley’s Point, New Jersey. Legion of Ocean Heroes held at Beesley’s Point in New Jersey brings together athletes with spinal cord injuries, open water swimmers, youth, service dogs and volunteers with a passion for helping those who cannot otherwise move freely on dryland to enjoy the movement
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Many creative types flock to Southern California to work in the entertainment industry. Steve Childers is one of those individuals. But as he works in Hollywood, he also spends his leisure hours in the open water. Childers‘s favorite open water swims are in warm tropical water. “The 2.4-mile (3.8
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Emmanuel College coach Allen Gilchrest talks with Shelley Taylor-Smithabout sophomore Stanislas Raczynski of France who won the 2016 CSCAA National Collegiate Open Water Swimming Championship 5 km race in Kansas last week. The story of Raczynski’s victory at the National Collegiate Championships is posted here. Copyright © 2016 by
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