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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Rachelle Bruni won the 2015 FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup title among 171 of the fastest open water swimmers in the world. It was Bruni‘s first title in a year that also saw her qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 10 km marathon swim. Season Point […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Matthew Moseley is taking a little bit of time off his marathon swims after completing two unprecedented swims this year. In August, Moseley made the first swimming descent of the Colorado River through Canyonlands for 47.5 miles in 13 hours 56 minutes from Potash Point outside of Moab to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are all kinds of abbreviations, acronyms, and terms used in the open water swimming world regarding training, organizations, locations, courses and conditions. There are many more acronyms and terms used in non-English languages, but below is a sampling of the English-language acronyms and terms commonly used by open
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Janel Jorgensen McArdle, President and Chief Executive Officer of Swim Across America will soon turn over the reins of the greatest swimming-focused charity event organization to Rob Butcher, currently the Executive Officer of United States Masters Swimming. McArdle sent out her last annual report and it was typical in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Christian Reichert topped the men’s seaon-ending rankings at the 10-race FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in a tight race over Allan Do Carmo. The season-long series over 10 races around the world literally came down to the last stroke as Reichert just barely touched out Do Carmo to
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Courtesy of Luciano Cotena of the Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli and Nino Fazio of Baia di Grotta. Luciano Cotena, President of the Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli, reported that Giulio Travaglio, an Italian marathon swimming star of the 1960s and 1970s and the Honorary Chairman of the event since 2003, passed away yesterday. “Guilio was the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Swim Miami Beach came to North Beach in Miami, Florida for a day of fitness, family and fun – and lots of rough water conditions. “A special thank you goes to the Miami Beach Ocean Rescue team for keeping everyone safe,” said race director Jonathan Strauss. Estonian swimmer Merle
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The Doctor Will Make A House Call In Rio Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. It was only a matter of time. Cecil Gordon M.D. (standing on boat in middle of 3 officials on left) has a professional demeanor and well-suited charisma for his role as one of the leading pool and open water
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Jay Thomas Reaches Olympian Heights Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 55 years ago, the swimming world was unknowingly given a gift. In 1960, Jay Thomas was born and has since donated thousands of his free time to officiating and administering both competitive pool swimming meets and local, regional, national and international open water swimming
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Photos courtesy of Rocky Sutherland. Race information courtesy of Glenn Taylor – Event Manager, First National Lake Argyle Swim. Registration for the 2016 First National Lake Argyle Swim will open promptly at 09:00 hours (Western Australian Time) on Sunday November 1st 2015. Entries will be accepted for the 10 km and 20 km races held
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