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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. Ildiko Szekely, Andrea Marques, Dave Swensen, Erica Carroll and Kelsey Finn each won their divisions at today’s 10th annual Salem Harbor Open Water Swim. The Salem Swim & Fin charity swim was held in Salem Harbor, Massachusetts to benefit the Salem Sound Coastwatch. 36-year-old butterfly specialist Szekely, a masters
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Last week in the Catalina Channel, Sabrina Peron of Italy was visited by a hammerhead shark and a blue shark during her crossing. Guided with the cool heads and collective experience of Neil van der Byl and Anthea Beletsis, nothing happened and Peron continued on to the California mainland
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Courtesy of September issue of Open Water Swimming Magazine by WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kate Webber is the director and producer of KIM SWIMS, a film which examines the cyclical force and depth of both the human spirit and water, as told through the exploits of Kimberley Chambers and her path to becoming an improbable
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. World-class racer, family relay team member, ultra-marathon swimming pioneer, a national inspiration and an administrator. Those are the various embodiments of Syrian open water swimming hero Feras Moualla. Whether Moualla was racing on the professional marathon swimming circuit on four different continents, doing a 20-hour two-way English Channel relay
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Images courtesy of Universal Sports in Kazan, Russia. Olympic champion Ryan Lochte can still do his thing in the open water, but his old body surfing technique in the pool was ruled illegal by FINA. During his 200m individual medley gold medal performance at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Lochte went on
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