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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “It was a great day [at the Cold Half in Hong Kong],” reported race director Doug Woodring. “We enjoyed incredibly good weather given that there was ice on the hills here last weekend for the first time in over 70 years. The course was fast with relatively little wind, […]
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Courtesy of Creative Pictures, Cozumel, Mexico. Professional marathon swimmers always enjoyed the hospitality and beauty of the Maratón Cozumel and Maratón Cancún. The hotel, the food, the course, the marine life, the seaside communities were absolutely gorgeous locations to hold FINA competitions with the world’s best open water swimmers. The fans loved the course that
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FINA announced today during its FINA Bureau meeting in Hungary that it decided to keep the current open water swimwear equipment rules until the conclusion of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. “During this competition, FINA, together with the Rio 2016 Organising Committee, will take all necessary measures to ensure
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Courtesy of Taming The Seven Seas by Shubham Dhananjay Vanmali. Shubham Dhananjay Vanmali from India is on his way to complete the Oceans Seven. For more information, visit Taming The Seven Seas. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Will Haley Anderson turn silver to gold in 2016? Will Eva Ristov defend her gold? Will one of the Brazilian world champions, Ana Marcela Cunha or Poliana Okimoto, stand on the podium? Stay tuned on August 15th (women) and 16th (men). Top 10 Female Qualifiers: 1 Aurélie Muller (FRA)
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. This weekend, Attila Mányoki will be a marked man among 30 marathon swimmers at the 4th Cold Half in Hong Kong from Stanley to Deep Water Bay. Everyone will be gunning for and pacing off of the Hungarian marathon swimmer who has done nearly 200 marathon swims of over
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Meet Your Endurance Mind: Mindfulness Meditation for the Endurance Athlete-ESE2015 from Bruckner Chase on Vimeo.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jaimie Monahan will participate in this weekend’s U.S. Winter Swimming Association‘s National Winter Swimming Championship that will be held in New York City. The 36-year-old winter swimming luminary has a much easier time competing in the 2016 National Winter Swimming Championship in Manhattan than the international events that she
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Italian coach Valerio Valli (holding camera) met with Chris Guesdon, Sue Guesdon, Penny Palfrey, Anne Steele and Duncan Hall (all Australian in middle row left to right) and Chris Palfrey (Australia), Dan Curtis (USA), and Hamish Lyons Hall (Australia, back row). The group of marathon swimmers, coaches, handlers and