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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Libby Walker who tied with her University of Kansas teammate Haley Bishop in winning the National Collegiate Open Water Swimming Championship discusses open water swimming with host Shelley Taylor-Smith. The story of the dual between Walker and Bishop on Lone Star Lake in Kansas is posted here. Copyright © […]
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Courtesy of Kristina Evelyn, Barbados Open Water Festival. Kristina Evelyn is relentlessly passionate about the Barbados Open Water Festival, an open water swimming festival in Carlisle Bay in Barbados with 1.5 km, 5 km and 10 km races. Evelyn describes the event, “We offer guided 2 km swims in Carlisle Bay followed by a social
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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 WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The ASATT Maracas Open Water Classic is annually held in Maracas Bay on Trinidad’s north coast in San Juan-Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago. It is one of the longest running open water swims in the Americas. While the results of the Top 10 swimmers in each of the longest two
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 29th Traversée Dakar-Gorée is the signature event of the open water swimming season in Sénégal to be held on September 25th. Over 500 Senegalese swimmers, expatriates and foreigners participated in this year’ 4.5 km and 5.2 km races at Voile d’Or. The events are organized by the Fédération
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 5th Asian Beach Games will be held in Da Nang, Vietnam between September 24th and October 3rd. The Games include 5 km and 10 km races on September 23rd and 25th as well as beach water polo. The men’s 10 km and the female’s 5 km will be
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The 2024 Summer Olympics is turning out to be some race…and very similar to the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim. But several candidate cities expressed interest in hosting the 2024 Olympics. These cities included Rome (Italy), Nairobi (Kenya), Casablanca (Morocco), Durban (South Africa), Johannesburg (South Africa), Doha (Qatar), Brisbane (Australia), Paris (France), Berlin (Germany), Hamburg (Germany),
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Glen Hummer Leaves Legacy In The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Atlanta, Georgia. The United States Aquatic Sports Convention is an annual convention for USA Swimming members to gather, discuss issues, elect officers, vote on rules and legislation, discuss and plan programs, and announce awards. The USAS Convention is being held this week in Atlanta,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Christof Wandratsch of Germany is the 2015 world 1 km ice swimming champion. Wandratsch talks with his long-time professional marathon swimming colleague Shelley Taylor-Smith about why a respectful, good relationship with his coach is one key element of his success in The Ice. Watch Wandratsch in the 1 km
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Christof Wandratsch of Germany is the 2015 world 1 km ice swimming champion gives tips about how to safely do ice swimming. Wandratsch talks with long-time professional marathon swimming colleague Shelley Taylor-Smith about the emerging niche in the open water swimming community, The Ice. Watch two world champions, Wandratsch
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