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Images courtesy of NBCOlympics.com of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Two California open water swimmers were overheard talking about the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim that was held last week on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Dude 1: Did you see Jordan Wilimovsky get barnacled at the end […]
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Image courtesy of NBCOlympics.com of the Olympic triathlon in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. No man’s land is a term adapted from the military. In open water swimming, no man’s land is an area between packs of swimmers in an open water swimming event. For a competitive swimmer to be in a position between
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Courtesy of Matías Ola, Swim Argentina. For information on winter swimming events, extreme swims, and marathon swimming expeditions organized by Matías Ola with Swim Argentina, contact him in Buenos Aires at Reservas@Swimargentina.Org. The various Swim Argentina’s events throughout Ola’s native country include: *Swimming Across Río de la Plata from Uruguay to Argentina [or Cruce a
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Images courtesy of NBCOlympics.com of the Olympic triathlon in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. After hearing for months on end in the American press, repeatedly and critically about how the 2016 Rio Olympic Games were going to fail with all kinds of problems from the Zika virus to the dangerous waters of Copacabana, the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival is accepting submissions for its 14th annual film festival in March 2017 at Cowell Theater in Fort Mason Center, San Francisco. Films from all over the world – from India to Germany, from Argentina to Taiwan – inspire audiences to discover the beauty
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Courtesy of Vasanti Niemz, Lake Zürich, Switzerland. 18 swimmers and teams had their own boat or kayak in the 29th annual Sri Chinmoy Marathon Swim, a 26 km marathon swim from Rapperswil to Zürich across Lake Zürich on August 7th. “This is how you can always get a guaranteed entry for this highly coveted event
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Images courtesy of NBCOlympics.com of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiroa. After watching the 2016 Rio Olympics track events, it is clear that pool swimming is like the sprint races (100 + 200 + 400), but open water swimming is like the middle distance races (800 + 1500 +
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Images courtesy of NBCOlympics.com of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. The frustrations and observation of disqualified British Olympian Jack Burnell of the officiating at the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim were posted here. We believe it would be useful and justifiably right if the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Australians from Sydney nearly swept the second edition of the Manhattan 20 Bridges Swim around Manhattan Island with a #1, #2 and #4 finish yesterday. Each of them also completed the last leg of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. Michael Hanisch won in 7 hours 35 minutes
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michael Hanisch became Australia’s 12th swimmer to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming at yesterday’s Manhattan 20 Bridges Swim. Hanisch finished first in the second 20 Bridges swim in 7 hours 35 minutes around Manhattan Island in New York City to become the 133rd Triple Crowner in
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