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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The average age of the first 10 female qualifiers for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games is 25.9 years. Will American Haley Anderson turn silver to gold in 2016? Will Hungary Éva Risztov defend her gold? Will the Brazilian champions, Ana Marcela Cunha or […]
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Courtesy of Penny Dain, London Marathon Events. The sport of open water swimming is getting bigger and bigger and bigger all the time. There are more events, more participants, more sponsorship, more exposure, more equipment, more camps and clinics, more charities, more everything. There are longer events, colder events, tougher events. And the sport is
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Courtesy of Robbie Bailey of Bailey Photography at the Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival offshore the Mighty Memphremagog, Vermont. Marathon swimmer Kellie Joyce Latimer shifted gears from really long marathon swims to really cold winter swims this past weekend. The 30-year-old scientist from Norwood, Massachusetts staked her claim as one of the fastest winter swimmers in
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Upper photos courtesy of Robbie & Robert Bailey of Bailey Photography. Lower photos courtesy of Phil White at the Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival offshore the Mighty Memphremagog in Vermont . The sport of open water swimming is filled with incredible athletes accomplishing remarkable feats. From leukemia survivor Maarten van der Weijden and amputee Natalie du
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Courtesy of Kitayama River Rafting, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. If you could protect yourself against sharp rocks, swimming down the Kitayama River in Wakayama Prefecture would be a totally cool experience. The famous rafting tour south of Kyoto takes a little over an hour. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Occasionally, the difference between winning an Olympic gold medal or a world championship in a 10 km marathon swim is so slight, the difference can come down to tenths of a second. There are so many things to consider and decisions to make. In 2012, Hungary’s Eva Risztov beat
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Maria Sharapova, the world’s highest-paid female athlete and 5-time tennis Grand Slam champion, failed a drug test at the Australian Open for taking meldonium. While we have not heard of swimmers taking meldonium for health reasons or competitive advantages, we wonder if any open water swimmers do specifically take
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Many mainstream reporters write about the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim where subject experts claim that “99% of athletes will be ill” as a result of the poor water conditions in Copacabana Beach during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. These reporters and commentators predict all kinds of problems with the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Last week, Polish explorers Dawid Andres and Hubert Kisiński finished cycling the length of the Amazon River on specially designed bikes that enabled them to pedal both onshore and on special pontoons. Their 6,992 km (4,345-mile) journey took them 180 days to complete. The duo traveled an average of
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