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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michael Glover has been busy. Very, very busy in 2015, focusing on doing even more for the sport of open water swimming. He was recently appointed to be the Vice Chairperson of the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association and had the honor to serve as the race director for […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim was initially held in the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park (顺义奥林匹克水上公园 or 順義奧林匹克水上公園), 60 km outside Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games. Then the Serpentine was the site of the 2012 London Olympics Games 10 km marathon swim. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the 10
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Two-time FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup victor and professional marathon swimmer Christine Jennings talks about the next stages of her career. Jennings has been among the top American open water swimmers over the last two quadrennials – from 2007 to 2015 – as have Eva Fabian, Haley Anderson,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alice Franco is a professional marathon swimmer from Asti, Piemonte in northern Italy. A member of the Italian national open water swimming team, she won a bronze medal in the 25 km race at the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai and finished fourth in the 25 km at
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Patrick Winkler, one of the most creative aquapreneurs in the contemporary swimming world, explains about The Swim Channel Magazine. Patrick Winkler is a waterman, morning radio host, co-organizer of the King and Queen of the Sea events, and the publisher of a monthly magazine for the hard-core and new
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At yesterday’s grid race at Rio de Janeiro’s King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar*), elite athletes had to run in and out of Copacabana Beach. We followed two-time Olympian Poliana Okimoto of Brazil, world championship swimmer Bettina Lorscheitter, FINA World Cup champion Christine Jennings,
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Courtesy of Global News. Jenna Lambert‘s crossing of Lake Ontario was unique for several reasons: *she was 14 when she completed her 32 hour 18 minute crossing in 2006 *she has cerebral palsy *she raised $210,000 in Jenna’s Kid 4 Kids Marathon to support of the Kingston Family YMCA’s Y Penguins and its new pool
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Today is the Bays Swim, a 3.6 km open water swim that is the second race in the 4-part Harbour Swim Series: * Orca Herne Bay to Watchman’s Island Swim: 2.2 km on November 15th 2015 * Bays Swim: 3.6 km on December 13th 2015 * Chelsea Sugar Swim:
Courtesy of Ramon Mercado from Stevensville, Montana. Ramon Mercado [shown below] tells of a tradition for U.S. Navy divers to get the tattoo [shown above] after they complete their arduous training. The tattoo represents a pod of dolphins for protection in the water…similar to open water swimmers being Walkerized in the presence of sharks. Copyright
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Christine Jennings hung tough with Poliana Okimoto who led each of her 3 legs of the King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar) race on Copacabana Beach. Jennings finished second in her second and third legs which put her American teammate Chip Peterson in great
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