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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Firas Moualla is a graduate of Damascus University and is the Secretary-General of the Olympic Committee in Syria. The Syrian open water swimmer culminated his prolific career with a 124 km solo swim from the island of Cyprus to Latakia City along the Syrian coast in 2007. The 77-mile […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ángela Díaz García has been working out hard all year, aiming to culminate her dedication with two tough ocean swims this September. A representative of Club Natación Avilés, she will first compete in the Ultramarató de l’Ebre 30830 Swim Marathon, a 30.83 (19.15-mile) downstream river swim in the River
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Courtesy of Swimming World Magazine that interviews Olympic marathon swimmer Jordan Wilimovsky about his victory in the 1500m freestyle at the USA Swimming National Championships. For more information, visit Swimming World Magazine here.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kate Mason (Australia) and Julia Aston (UK) completed the first Ultimate Trophy Swim as organized by Ben Barham of the Lake Geneva Swimming Association. Starting yesterday, the duo completed a 2-person 69 km relay across Lake Geneva in 28 hours 12 minutes 56 under the escort of pilots Gerad
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Most people are afraid of sharks in the ocean. See a fin in the ocean and most people’s hearts start to race or even skip a beat or two. Fear is often the first primal impression. Almost everyone very much dislikes jellyfish stings – or stings from any kind
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Why is walking on the sand so more difficult than walking on pavement? It reminds us how swimming in the ocean is more difficult than swimming in a pool. Pavement remains stable when walking – no effort is wasted while walking. Walking on pavement is sort of like the
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Courtesy of FINA, Kazan, Russia.
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Courtesy of Creative Pictures, Cozumel, Mexico.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Over the last few weeks, the open water swimming world has been exploding with action and adventure. Daily and non-stop – the number of achievements and accomplishments have been constant and unprecedented. Not only did hundreds of the fastest open water swimmers on the planet gather in Kazan, Russia
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If there was to be any year where Xavier Desharnais was to win the 61st annual Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean outright, it was to be this year. Last year, he shared the victory podium with Tomi Stefanovski, but he only had one goal in 2015 for the July
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