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Courtesy of Chris Guesdon, Chairman of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. The channel and marathon swimming world were taken aback by the unexpected passing of David Yudovin in 2015 [shown swimming above in the foreground of Mount Fuji in Japan]. But Yudovin had accomplished a significant amount of achievements in a very short […]
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Courtesy of Chris Guesdon, Chairman of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Chris Guesdon, Chairman of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, announced that the renowned Charlie Gravett of Jersey was voted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honour Contributor. His election came as no surprise to those who
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Courtesy of Chris Guesdon, Chairman of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Chris Guesdon announced that Mányoki Attila of Hungary was voted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Mányoki did his first marathon swim in 1989 at the 12.5-km Lake Balaton race between Balatonfüred and Siófok – and has not stopped yet.
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Courtesy of Chris Guesdon, Chairman of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame announced that Tomi Stefanovski of Macedonia was voted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in the Class of 2016. It is an honor well-deserved, but Stefanovski has paid the price for decades of
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Courtesy of Chris Guesdon, Chairman of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Chris Guesdon, Chairman of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, announced two separate honors for the renowned marathon swimmer Chloë McCardel of Australia. The honors came with little surprise given McCardel’s track record of success over the last few years. There
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Legendary Filipino triathlete Frank Lacson and Ingemar Patiño Macarine, nicknamed the Pinoy Aquaman, will swim 10 km from Grande Island, Bataan in Subic Bay to Barrio Barretto in Olongapo City. The charity swim by the 52-year-old triathlete and the 38-year-old English Channel aspirant will benefit Bicycle Friendly Philippines and
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Courtesy of the 2016 Pirita Open International Winter Swimming World Cup in Tallinn, Estonia. The Pirita Open is a winter swimming festival held in the Pirita river in Tallinn, Estonia. Part of the International Winter Swimming World Cup circuit, the Pirita Open is splendid with its pool decks are covered in white, snow-white. The 2016
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Courtesy of Vivienne Rickman-Poole, Snowdonia, Wales. Although winter swimmers and ice swimmers do not dive in to start their competitions in sub-5ºC water, the aggressiveness and energy at their starts are just as evident and impressive as pool swimmers competing in chlorinated 26ºC traditional warm-water pools. Vivienne Rickman-Poole captured this intensity at Kisakallion Urheiluopisto in
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Courtesy of Tatiana Khrylova of Well Over Fifty Festival and Age of Happiness Project. Dr. Roger Allsopp will speak at the Well Over Fifty Festival that will take place in Budva, Montenegro between September 30th and October 8th. Tatiana Khrylova of the Age of Happiness project explains, “The Festival is dedicated to a healthy and
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Courtesy of Clara Rabat, V Cup MARNATON eDreams, Spain. The fourth edition of the Spanish MARNATON series attracted nearly 4,000 open water swimmers in the four-event series. The V eDreams MARNATON Cup is expected to be even more popular. Its kick-off in Barcelona, Spain and three additional events in Begur, Sant Feliu de Guíxols and
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