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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 FINA, Lausanne, Switzerland. FINA approved the following swimwear, goggles and swim caps for 2016. The official list is posted here. The swimwear list from 86 manufacturers includes 1,943 suits. In a sign of growth of the sport of swimming, both in terms of participants and competitions, a total of 300 approved swimsuits were
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Courtesy of Vanessa Siviero and Soraya Siviero, Brazil. Samuel de Bona and Viviane Jungblut won the first stage of the Brazilian Open Water Swimming Championship (Campeonato Brasileiro de Maratonas Aquáticas). Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of March issue of Open Water Swimming Magazine by World Open Water Swimming Association. Photo courtesy of Bailey Photography. Helen Lin finishes her swim at the 2016 United States Winter Swimming Champion- ships in 1.2°C (34.3°F) water of the La Marina venue in the Hudson River. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming
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Courtesy of Chris Blakeslee and Suzie Dods, San Francisco, California. Chris Blakeslee and Suzie Dods will offer a free educational seminar on open water swimming on March 12th at the Sports Basement Presidio in the San Francisco. “Suzie and I will jointly moderate a roundtable discussion. Last year, we had discussion participants who were later
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