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Responsible Reporting: How ESPN Does It
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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Amazon River, Where Swimming Is Faster Than Biking
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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Cover Girl Crazy
Courtesy of Merle Liivand, Swimera, Estonia. Many open water swimmers have to balance their work, family and training in a carefully maintained schedule that would exhaust most people. Bridgette Hobart Janeczko and Antonio Argüelles are examples of two hard-working marathon swimmers who can navigate a fine balance between all of their corporate responsibilities and marathon
True Heroes Serve To Uplift, Support, Inspire Others
Courtesy of Jim Clifford with Sally Minty-Gravett and Charlie Gravett. It has always been our opinion that the real heroes of the sport of open water swimming are those individuals who are not only great athletes or pilots themselves, but also those whose actions serve to uplift, support, and inspire others. These heroes are individuals
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Support Salvatore Cimmino Swim From Cuba To Florida
Support Salvatore Cimmino here for his swim from Cuba to Florida.
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Sifleet On Spetses Swimming
Courtesy of Chris Sifleet, Swim4miles Ltd. British channel swimmer and coach Chris Sifleet and Greek triathlon coach Armandos Linardos offer stroke analysis and nutritional advice for a week on the beautiful island of Spetses in Greece. The week-long training camp culminates in the Spetses Marathon, a 3 km and 5 km sea swim between the
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Inductees Announced For the Marathon Hall Of Fame
Courtesy of Chris Guesdon, Chairman of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame announced the IMSHOF Class of 2016: The Class of 2016 Honour Swimmers include Chloë McCardel of Australia, Tomi Stefanovski of Macedonia, and Mányoki Attila of Hungary. All three Honour Swimmers have already done much in
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Successfully Swimming Subic
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Legendary Filipino triathlete Frank Lacson and the Pinoy Aquaman and attorney Ingemar Patiño Macarine successfully swam 10.38 km in 3 hours 47 minutes across Subic Bay from Grande Island, Bataan to Barrio Barretto in Olongapo City, Philippines. The tandem swim was the first time that Subic Bay was crossed.
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Getting And Giving So Much To The Ocean
Courtesy of Outside Magazinee on Mark Healey.
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