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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nejib Belhedi is now a fixture on Tunisian television as he ups his ante in his World Iron Swim Series. At first, he began to pull two children in a catamaran along a 15 km course in the Golfe de Skanes in Tunisia’s Monastir Sea. The swim took a […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nejib Belhedi is continuing to raise the bar with his Iron Swims. Previously, Belhedi had begun his Iron Swims by pulling two children in a small catamaran (read about his Iron Swims here and here). Then, he upped the weight and challenge by pulling along a camel in a
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Courtesy of Clare Delargy, producer of Mercedes The Spirit Of A New Age. Mercedes The Spirit Of A New Age, a documentary film on Mercedes Gleitze, will be broadcast this Christmas in the United Kingdom on UTV/ITV and UTV Ireland. “It was shown earlier in Australia with Foxtel/Bio Channel and was also featured at the
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Courtesy of The Big Chillswim, Windermere, England. A new announcement is expected soon from The Big Chillswim that will be held on February 6th and 7th 2016. We are excited to learn what it will be. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On this November 20th day in 1962, 27-year-old Barry Devonport completed the first crossing of the Cook Strait from the North Island to the South Island in 11 hours 20 minutes. Since Devonport’s triumphant pioneering swim, 94 successful crossings have been made by 84 individuals from 11 countries. Copyright
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alex Cape had a huge goal: to swim for the longest known distance in a freshwater setting. Her chosen venue was Canada’s Cowichan Lake where she planned to swim alongside Susan Simmons, her swimming buddy, for the third straight year. Each year, Cape and Simmons kept swimming further and
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Photos courtesy of Nuala Moore of Ireland. Elina Makïnen, a young Finnish ice swimmer is nominated for the 2015 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year for her global accomplishments. Not only did she swim in various winter swimming competitions, but she also participated in the famed group of ice swimmers with Henri Kaarma,
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Photo of Haley Anderson, courtesy of Taylor Wilder at the United States Olympic Training Center. “My [dryland] workouts normally consist of two to three exercises focusing on a group of muscles, going through them three times, and moving onto the next group of exercises,” explains Olympic 10 km silver medalist Haley Anderson in a spotlight
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Courtesy of Science from Fish parasite is a stripped-down jellyfish. Jellyfish can be much smaller than previously thought. In the photo above, spores are approximately 10 micrometers in width, consisting of just a few cells. For more information in the parasite organism of just a few cells, visit here. Copyright © 2015 by World Open
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Penny Palfrey and Chloë McCardel attempted to swim from Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida, they spent a good amount of time and energy raising funds and training. But with normal relationships between their native Australia and Cuba, their logistical preparation were focused on what escort boats to
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