Neptune Rises And Steps Up With Red Bull
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Egyptian race organizer and influential FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee member Ayman Saad is treating the 134 athletes who are visiting Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates for this weekend’s FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup extraordinarily well – unlike anywhere else on the FINA professional circuits
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Courtesy of Marisa Frieder, Huntington Beach, California. The Portland Bridge Swim will be held on July 10th as swimmers competed down the Willamette River in Oregon. Founded in 2011 with just 16 swimmers, the Portland Bridge Swim is a 10.7-mile (17.2 km) race through the heart of downtown Portland. The swim is among the longest
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How did freestyle and breaststroke evolve over time? I have a theory why.
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Courtesy of Vanessa Daws, 4th Eastern Bay Invitational International Ice Mile Swim, Ireland. Vanessa Daws produced a video of the 4th Eastern Bay Invitational International Ice Mile Swim in Lough Dan Scout Centre, County Wicklow, south of Dublin, Ireland. The swim did not quite make it under the 5ºC (41ºF) International Ice Swimming Association maximum
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Courtesy of Vanessa Siviero and Soraya Siviero at the Travessia de São José do Norte – Rio Grande, Brazil. The 3.5 km Travessia de São José do Norte – Rio Grande started 93 years ago and is the oldest open water swimming competition in Brazil. Its 36th edition was won by elite swimmer Betina Lorscheitter.
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Courtesy of Vanessa Siviero and Soraya Siviero at the Travessia de São José do Norte – Rio Grande, Brazil. The 3.5 km Travessia de São José do Norte – Rio Grande started 93 years ago and is the oldest open water swimming competition in Brazil. Its 36th edition was won by elite swimmer Samuel de
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Hit The Wall Open Water Swim Training by Infinity Channel Swimming is a 3-day open water training camp between May 29th-31st that covers physical and mental limits, safety issues, hydration, nutrition, learning, psychological development, distance swimming, water temperature acclimatisation and teamwork. Participants include skin swimmers, wetsuit swimmers, fast and
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The Long Swim – Jamie Patrick from Jamie Patrick from Adventure Swim Productions. The Long Swim crew included father Jim Patrick, wife Teresa Patrick, Matt Richardson, Jen Schumacher, Janet Manning, Breanne Melconian, Lynn Kubasek, Asha Allen, Brian Patterson, Keith Metzger, and Morgan Christian who guided him for nearly 18 hours.
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Courtesy of UPY and 2016 Underwater Photographer of the Year Davide Lopresti, Bergeggi, Italy. Davide Lopresti was one of the winners of the 2016 Underwater Photographer of the Year with his wide angle shot at the Swim The Island event in Bergeggi, Italy. His underwater photo called ‘Swim’ was highly commended by the UPY judges.
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