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For Lori King‘s first-person account of her 36.5-mile, 21 hour 19 minute circumnavigation of Bermuda on June 15th-16th, read her detailed account in Swimming World Magazine here. The former age-group swimmer and collegiate breaststroker at La Salle University was aided by crew member Nick Strong, observers Mike Cash and Ilya Cherapau, captains Jim Butterfield and […]
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Like2Swim Rotterdam 2016 – Aftermovie from Like2Run on Vimeo. Courtesy of Like2Swim Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dan Projansky finished the 2015 END-WET (57.9 km) in 15 hours 22 minutes, the 2014 END-WET (57.9 km) in 12 hours 2 minutes, the 2013 END-WET (43 km) in 14 hours 30 minutes, and the 2012 END-WET (43 km) in 14 hours 30 minutes. But 2016 was not to
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Courtesy of Brian Earley, Administrator, Cynthia Earley Educational Foundation. Celebrating its 25 year in its modern day form and 35th since founded as a solo swim for health-related charities, the Great Chesapeake Bay Swim is as popular as ever. The cross-bay race features a 4.4-mile course across the Chesapeake Bay starting from the western shore
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Simone Ruffini is swimming well, heading into Rio. The Italian star won the third leg of the FINA/HOSA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Lake Balaton in Hungary today over a number of his Olympic rivals. Other Rio Olympians in the race included Allan Do Carmo, (BRA), Ivan
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It was another great race between three pre-race Olympic medal favorites today in Balatonfüred – Kikötő, Hungary. Italian Rachele Bruni, German Isabelle Härle, and American Haley Anderson went head-to-head on the third leg of the FINA/HOSA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Lake Balaton today. Other Olympians were
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Maarten van der Weijden won the 2008 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim and then retired on top of the sport. But he still swims and completed a 32 km charity swim. He swam 7 hours 15 minutes in Zaanse Schans, Schoorldam in his native Netherlands among an area populated with
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Katsuura City held its third annual Katsuura Swim Festival (第3回勝浦スイムフェスタ) that uniquely combines open water swimming events (750m and 1.5 km) with snorkeling, stand-up paddling and beach running competitions. For more information, visit here. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Photos courtesy of Simon Watts, New Zealand Ocean Swim Series. Back in 2008, Daniel Katzir qualified for the Olympics, but was not allowed to compete in Beijing by his native Israel. Similarly in 2012 and 2016, Kane Radford qualified for the Olympics at the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race, but was not allowed to
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Photo courtesy of Simon Watts, New Zealand Ocean Swim Series. Back in 2008, Daniel Katzir qualified for the Olympic marathon swim, but was not allowed to compete in Beijing by the Israeli Swimming Federation. Similarly in 2012, Kane Radford qualified for the Olympic marathon swim at the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race, but was
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