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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Christof Wandratsch of Germany set a record in the 450m Big Chill Swim in Windermere, England in 5 minutes 17 seconds of winter swimming at the International Winter Swimming Association World Cup series in 6.4ºC (43.5ºF) water under windy conditions on February 6th. Copyright © 2015 by World Open […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At the Big Chill Swim, all kinds of open water swimming speciality providers showcased their services and products including SwimTrek: Lisa Stansbie showcased the swimming holidays of The Big Blue Swim. Borut Strel of Strel Swimming Adventure Holidays showcased swims from Lake Powell in Utah (USA) to the submarine
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sally Minty-Gravett has been balancing her own marathon swimming goals with helping other swimmers of all ages achieve their own dreams for decades. The 57-year-old swimming coach is all about educating and inspiring others in the waters around her home base of Jersey. She is currently training a wide
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Courtesy of Big Chill Swim Winter Swimming Gala in Windermere, England. Women’s 60m Top 10 Freestyle Results @ 6.4ºC (43.5ºF): Liz Price (30-39) 36.54 Vicky Miller (30-39) 37.90 Olive Conroy (
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Courtesy of Big Chill Swim Winter Swimming Gala in Windermere, England. The results of the 450m endurance swim at the Big Chill Swim Winter Swimming Gala in Windermere are below: Women’s 450m Results: Victoria Moore (30-39 age group) 6:22.14 Vanessa Hammond (30-39) 6:31.25 Catherine Hartle (55-59) 7:06.30 Debbie Taylor (30-39) 7:11.88 Jaimie Monahan (30-39 07:12.26
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Courtesy of WOWSA at the Big Chill Swim Winter Swimming Gala in Windermere, England. Christof Wandratsch of Germany (on right) is going to face off again against Henri Kaarma of Estonia (on left) at tomorrow’s Big Chill Swim Winter Swimming Gala’s 1 km swim. Under blustery conditions with persistent rain, the relatively mild 6.4ºC (43.5ºF)
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Courtesy of WOWSA at the Big Chill Swim Winter Swimming Gala in Windermere, England. The sights and sounds, the swimmers and the safety, the equipment and the venue are dramatically different than other open water swims. Winter swimming and ice swimming are like no other niche in the open water swimming world. At first impression,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The smiles among the 1,000 winter swimming athletes the Big Chill Swim in Windermere, England this weekend were marvelous and genuine. People were friendly, professional, helpful and joyous throughout the weekend as the individual races were carefully orchestrated and meticulously planned. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming
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Courtesy of Boguslaw Ogrodnik of Wrocłah, Poland. Peak and Pond Club member Boguslaw Ogrodnik proposed a Polish version of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. “A few months ago during academic conferences, Professor Wiesner from the Wroclaw Academy of Physical Education and I published an article related to the whole Triple Crown project and
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Courtesy of Boguslaw Ogrodnik of Wrocłah, Poland. Boguslaw Ogrodnik is a Polish open water swimmer, lawyer and mountaineer from Wrocław who is a member of the Peak and Pond Club (Mount Everest + English Channel in 20 hours 33 minutes) and crossed the Strait of Gibraltar (5 hours 28 minutes) and the Gulf of Gdańsk.
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