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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It took a long 29 years, but a local Macedonian swimmer finally won the Ohrid Lake Swim Marathon, an annual stop on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix. Veteran Evgenij Pop Acev came through in his country’s long-running Ohrid Lake Swim Marathon today. The globe-trotting marathon swimmer crossed […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alice Franco won her second FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix victory of the season with a comfortable win in Lake Ohrid in Macedonia. Franco won her first race of the season in Argentina at the Maratón Internacional Aguas Abiertas Villa Urquiza – Paraná and followed it up with
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Aygul Sagirova, Matteo Furlan Win Faros Maratón Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Matteo Furlan defended his Faros Maratón title today while Aygul Sagirova comfortably won the women’s division. While youth swept the podium, two veterans also competed. 74-year-old marathon swimming legend Michael Read finished in 5 hours 49 minutes while Irene van der Laan
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Not only is Craig Beardsley a hero in many people’s eyes because of his passionate work at Swim Across America, but he is a hero to many competitive pool swimmers from the 1970s on. AP reporter Paul Newberry writes a telling article about Beardsley here. “He was a great
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Courtesy of Ángela Díaz García, Ultramaratón del Ebro, Spain. Ángela Díaz García completed the 30.83 km Ultramaratón del Ebro between the piers of the Tarragona in Tivenys to Amposta in 5 hours 56 minutes, 8 minutes slower than she did last year. “But the race was held in very rough conditions with lower water levels
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF), established in 1961, has changed its categories of recognition under the leadership of Beth Yudovin, Peter Bales, Tamara Bruce, Kathrin Lammers, Dan Simonelli, Petar Stoychev, Greg Streppel, Christof Wandratsch, and Ronnie Wong. Previously, the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame has recognized
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Courtesy of Pádraig Mallon, Infinity Channel Swimming. Start: 7:52.00 am July 27th Landfall in Scotland: 11:33.06 pm Finish: 1:49.23 pm July 28th Time: 29 hours 57 minutes 23 seconds Legs: Each team member swam 5 x 1 hour legs with Elina Makïnen’s 5th swim completed in 57 minutes Time from Ireland to Scotland: 15 hours
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dario Verani won the 5 km open water swim at the 1st Mediterranean Beach Games in Pescara, Italy yesterday in a 6-second victory over fellow Italian Andrea Manzi. Verani won in 56:08.2 with Manzi second in 56:14.6 and Greek swimmer Georgios Arniakos third in 56:15.2 and Italian Andrea Bianchi
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