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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Benoît Lecomte walks into the Pacific Ocean to begin his 5,500-mile (8,851 km) transoceanic swim, he is going to have a medical, scientific and research team like no other in the history of the sport of open water swimming. It will be an unprecedented team of scientific luminaries. […]
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Photo of the Rad Band photo courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Triathletes and open water swimmers often wear transponders and all types of timing devices on their wrists and ankles during competitions. But no athlete in open water swimming history will wear an ankle device for as long as adventurer Benoît Lecomte will. The
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With Captain Abdullah Al Hasni observing and escorting, Jennifer Figge completed a day swim from Fahal Island (shark island) in Muscat, Oman. Fahal Island is a small island about two miles due north of Qurum in Oman. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of Fast and Frozen, North Channel between Scotland and Northern Ireland. Fast and Frozen is nominated for the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year for its unprecedented 2-way North Channel crossing between Northern Ireland and Scotland in 29 hours 57 minutes, escorted by Pádraig Mallon’s Infinity Channel Swimming. Its members included Henri
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Blast In Barbados Bay Courtesy of Caribbean Aerial Photography of the Barbados Open Water Festival before the 1.5 km race in Carlisle Bay Barbados. Courtesy of Caribbean Aerial Photography of the Barbados Open Water Festival before the 5 km race in Carlisle Bay Barbados. Courtesy of Kristina Evelyn at the Barbados Open Water Festival with
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kingdom Games and the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association announced its 2016 schedule in northern Vermont and the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Online registration is open at www.kingdomgames.co with one exception, the USMS National 10 Mile Championship registration, which will open later. March 5th – 6th – Memphremagog
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Over the last few weeks, she has been in New York, Dallas, Seattle, Los Angeles, La Jolla, Portland, Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco, Oakland, Silicon Valley, Wilton, and several places in between. She has been covered by Time Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, Christian Science Monitor, People Magazine,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Three-time Olympic gold medalist Brooke Bennett will conduct a pre-race swimming clinic on December 12th. The clinic will be in advance of the Tampa Bay Frogman Swim, a 5 km event held on January 17th 2016. Bennett won her 3 Olympic gold medals in the 400m and 800m freestyle
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Courtesy of Janet Manning, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. As the Southern Hemisphere heats up, the Northern Hemisphere cools down and Phil White and crew start to gear up. “Online registration is now open for the Second Annual Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival on March 5th and 6th 2016. Our winter swim festival is the ultimate fist in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cockatoo Island is a UNESCO world-heritage site and one of the prison island swims as defined by Ned Denison and Jacques Tuset. The first known swim from the mainland to Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour was completed by Mary Bugg in 1863. Bugg, a devoted wife to her husband
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