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Part 1 of a series on Tower 26 ocean swimming workouts is courtesy of WOWSA. Bruckner Chase of Ocean City Swim Club in New Jersey made a morning ocean workout visit to Gerry Rodrigues of Tower 26 in California. The pair of swimming coaches shared all kinds of coaching tips, safety information, and open water […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Australian Marty Filipowski became the third person on August 15th to achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming at the 28.5-mile (45.8 km) 20 Bridges Circumnavigation Swim of Manhattan. In addition to Tracy Clark and Patrick McNight, Filipowski completed the swim in 7 hours 38 minutes. Filipowski joins
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Images courtesy of NBCOlympics.com on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. In the 2004 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Great Britain’s Alan Bircher famously sprinted out to the lead – eventually establishing over a 2-minute lead in the 10 km race. Bircher sprinted out to the lead and kept
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Images courtesy of NBCOlympics.com on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Expect the unexpected is the mantra of open water swimmers. And it happened to Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil in yesterday’s women’s 10 km marathon race when her feeding stick was hit by a competitor at the feeding pontoon three times during the four-loop
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Images courtesy of NBCOlympics.com on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. As Jarrod Poort of Australia completed the first lap in 28 minutes 41 seconds in a commanding lead, many of rest of the pre-race medal favorites are taking the race pace of Poort into stride. American Jordan Wilimovsky sits in 21st place swimming comfortably,
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Images courtesy of NBCOlympics.com on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Jarrod Poort of Australia sprint out to the front in an incredibly risky strategy as the men’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim has begun on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. But Oussama Mellouli, the defending Olympic champion, is also uncharacteristically taking off after Poort.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Tracy Clark is a prolific open water swimmer from New Zealand who currently lives in the Netherlands. Clark is the latest person and first swimmer from New Zealand who has accomplished the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. Crewed by marathon veterans Roger Finch and Jim Clifford, she completed
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Professor Patrick McKnight thinks big. He made two attempts at climbing Mount Everest in 2014 and 2015, and then turned his focus on completing the fastest Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in history. He accomplished his goal on Monday at the 20 Bridges Circumnavigation of Manhattan when he
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Images courtesy of NBCOlympics.com on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Ferry Weertman won the most dramatic race possible on Copacabana Beach as he led a chase pack to catch Australia’s Jarrod Poort on the last lap of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim this afternoon in Rio de Janeiro. Poort led by as much as
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Images courtesy of NBCOlympics.com on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Ferry Weertman is going to dramatically pass Jarrod Poort at the men’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim and take the lead on the last lap with only 1000 meters to go. For the final Olympic 10K Marathon Swim results and recounting of the dramatic finish,
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