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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dewees Island is a barrier island north of Charleston, South Carolina that is accessible only by ferry or private boat. It was there that Joe Rainero planned, attempted and completed the first circumnavigation swim around the private island. “I knew there is a submarine tower from World War II […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. André Wiersig flew from Germany to Hawaii to attempt his second Oceans Seven channel. After completing a crossing of the English Channel in 9 hours 43 minutes in 2014, he took nearly twice as long under very rough conditions to complete a crossing of the Molokai Channel in 18
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Of the more than 2,000 swimmers who participated in the SwimTheIsland event in Bergeggi, Italy, there was one swimmer who pulled double-duty. While there are a number of race directors who also swim in their races, there are only a very small handful swimmers who also entertain their fellow
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Two medal favorites for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Rio de Janeiro next year are Allan Do Carmo (men) and Ana Marcela Cunha (women). These two Brazilian heroes have roots going back a long, long way in both the Brazilian pool and open water swimming worlds. Copyright ©
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Courtesy of the 9th annual Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim race director Doug Woodring in Hong Kong. There was no question which teams these swimmers belonged to at the 15 km Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong from the main beach in Stanley to Deep Water Bay. Copyright © 2015 by World Open
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Courtesy of the 9th annual Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim race director Doug Woodring in Hong Kong. The 15 km Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong from the main beach in Stanley to Deep Water Bay can be traversed with traditional motorized marine vessels or with outrigger canoes in the carbon-neutral relay division.
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Courtesy of the 9th annual 15 km Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim race director Doug Woodring in Hong Kong..
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. How big is marathon swimming on the world’s stage? How interesting are the lives of swimmers? If International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer Susie Maroney is any indication, the answers are ‘pretty big’ and ‘very’. The Daily Mail broke the story about how Cuba-to-Florida swimmer and 2-time
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On October 12th 1985 24-year-old Australian swimmer on break from the University of Arkansas set a record for both men and women in her 6 hour 12 minute circumnavigation swim around Manhattan Island in New York. Eventual 5-time winner and 7-time world professional marathon swimming champion Shelley Taylor-Smith wrote,
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Photo © Marco Chiesa, Manhattan Island, New York. Results © NYC Swim. Looking back in the archives of the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim (MIMS), there were a number of renowned swimmers competing in the June 12th 1999 race: *5-time winner and 7-time world professional marathon swimming champion Shelley Taylor-Smith was serving as a partner swimmer
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