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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 Steve Walker, North Channel. After moving “kind of slow” the past few days, Steve Walker described his 11 hour 19 minute crossing of the North Channel between North Ireland and Scotland. “The swim went really well, mostly. Conditions were perfect and there was almost no wind. The weather this month has not been
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Santa Monica Beach, California. Swimming into seaweed while out in the ocean is always surprising to us. We occasionally slam into seaweed, stop suddenly, head immediately raises to check out the situation, and then resume swimming. Without failure. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Part 3 of a series on Tower 26 ocean swimming workouts is courtesy of WOWSA. Early morning workouts in Santa Monica Beach can be tough, but the warm-ups, in’s and out’s to turn buoys, beach runs, sprints back to shore, and pacing work can make athletes grimace and smile. Coach Gerry Rodrigues of Tower 26,
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Part 2 of a series on Tower 26 ocean swimming workouts is courtesy of WOWSA, California. Gerry Rodrigues of Tower 26 in Southern California is a coach who pays attention to the myriad details of the sport of open water swimming. During his early morning workouts on Santa Monica Beach, Coach Rodrigues asks the lifeguards
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Images courtesy of NBCOlympics.com of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Upper photo shows Jack Burnell on left in red swim cap behind Lijun Zu of China on right in red swim cap and gold medalist Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands, silver medalist Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece, and Marc-Antoine
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Susan Simmons of Canada set off today on another one of her mega marathon swims in her Swimming with MS (Multiple Sclerosis) series. For more information and constant updates on her 106 km swim across Cowichan Lake located on southern Vancouver Island in Canada’s British Columbia, visit #swimmingwithMS and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 51-year-old American Scott Wolford attempted to break the Marathon Swimmers Federation distance record of Chloë McCardel (124.4 km) with a 120-mile (193 km) swim in a round-trip course between Chicago, Illinois and St. Joseph, Wisconsin across Lake Michigan. Annabel Lavers reported that he aborted the charity swim attempt after
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