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Photos courtesy of Giorgio Scala of Deepbluemedia. Article courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. USA Swimming announced the nominees for its Golden Goggles Awards. The nominees included the long-time heroes of USA Swimming including Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. Both men who are nominated for the Golden Goggle Male Race of the Year and Male […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. USA Swimming announced the nominees for its Golden Goggles Awards. The nominees included the usual heroes and heroines of USA Swimming: Katie Ledecky, Missy Franklin, Michael Phelps, and Ryan Lochte who are nominated for the Golden Goggle Male and Female Athlete of the Year awards. But the Big Four
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While the open water swimmers are focusing their 2016 Olympic preparations for racing fast at Copacabana Beach, the pool swimmers are looking forward to showcasing their talents at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, a US$38 million swimming pool in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro that is reportedly 89% completed.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games proposed adding 18 events to the Olympic schedule that not currently included in the 2020 sport program. In addition to baseball, softball, karate, skateboarding and sports climbing, the organizing committee wants surfing in its Games. The International Olympic Committee will decide
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It has been a summer like no other in the United States. The 2015 Waikiki Roughwater Swim, the 2015 RCP Tiburon Mile, and the 2015 Big Shoulders were all cancelled. Now add the 2015 Escape from Lewes Open Water Classic, scheduled on September 27th, to the mix of major
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When the old guys enter an event, whether it is a marathon run, triathlon or ocean swim, not many people notice. They don’t win and they don’t come across first. But they almost always have some great real-life stories. We love learning more about the histories and backgrounds of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Triple Frontier (Spanish: La Triple Frontera, Portuguese: Tríplice Fronteira) is a tri-border area along the junction of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil, where the Iguazú and Paraná rivers converge near the confluence are the cities of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), Puerto Iguazú (Argentina), and Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil). Copyright
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Open Water Swimming Magazine about Macedonia’s Evgenij Pop Acev.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. What started out as a cool little idea by Ned Denison as a quirky off-shoot of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming has steadily grown globally. Denison’s Triple Break or the Triple Crown of Prison Island Swims started out as 3 open water swims, but now has grown
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Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame about Cliff Lumsdon‘s 1959 Canadian National Exhibition victory in Lake Ontario, Canada.
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