Shoko Yonezawa Swims Against The Current
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Jim McConica Named World Masters Swimmer Of The Year
Courtesy of Swimming World Magazine, Huntington Beach, California. Jim McConica has always been fast – and he continues to break an increasing number of barriers the more years he puts in the water. The conditions or the venue do not matter. Whether or not, the water is warm or cold, indoor pool or rough ocean,
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Nathan Capp Takes New Zealand Ocean Swim Title
Courtesy of New Zealand Ocean Swim Series, King of The Bays in Auckland. Photo of Nathan Capp courtesy Simon Watts/BW Media. Organisers of the New Zealand Ocean Swim Series corrected information on the male 2015-2016 series winner. New Zealand Ocean Swim Series event organiser Scott Rice explains, “Due to a glitch in our internal system,
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From Dingo Flour to Thompson Bay
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Professor Charles Watson (center) from ‘The Grey Ghosts‘ team penned this poem called ‘From Dingo Flour to Thompson Bay’ about the inaugural 20 km and 25 km Hotel Rottnest Port to Pub Swim in Perth, Australia. In the Rottnest Channel, two courses were set up. The 20 km course
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Red Flag Goes Up, Swim Around Lido Key Cancelled
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With a sold-out field, expectations were high for the 2016 Swim Around Lido Key in Florida. Lots of swimmers, kayakers and volunteers arrived at Lido Beach in Sarasota, but the winds were howling and the red flag went up. The safety personnel were not allowed in the water under
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When Stuck On Dryland…
Courtesy of Pam Lazzarotto, Seal Beach, California. For years in the 20th century, swimmers like Lynne Cox and Penny Lee Dean walked under or near the Seal Beach Pier before their long distance workouts in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California. Now, those same steps are taken by triathletes and the Sea
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Swimming World Magazine Honors Sandy Neilson-Bell
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Before she was known as a non-stop open water swim race director in Texas, Sandy Neilson-Bell was renowned as a fast pool swimmer. Swimming World Magazine just named Neilson-Bell’s 100m freestyle gold medal victory at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games as one of the greatest Olympic upsets in history
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