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Dr Otto Thaning’s English Channel Program At 73 Courtesy of Dr Otto Thaning of South Africa, the oldest individual to swim across the English Channel, together with his second Roger Finch in Dover, England. Dr. Thaning talks about the end of his English Channel swim, completed at the age of 73. “We ended the swim […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Thomas Bell became the 111th person in history to achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. “I always enjoyed swimming, but I did not have the time to pursue it in college,” explains Bell. “I also enjoy other endurance sports like cycling and rowing, and set swimming the
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Courtesy of Vojislav Mijić, Šabac International Swimming Marathon, Serbia. The 46th Šabac International Swimming Marathon was held on August 2nd in Šabac, Serbia. 17 participants from 9 countries swam the distance of 19 km from the village of Jarak to the Old Town Beach near old fortress in the City of Sabac. Duje Milan from
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Courtesy of Brian Meharg, North Channel between Scotland and Northern Ireland. Vicky Miller‘s story on 12 hours 6 minute crossing the North Channel is here, presented by H2Open Magazine. In 1988, Alison Streeter became the first female to cross the North Channel. She finished at the entrance of Portpatrick in Scotland on a rock that
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There were all kinds of things happening during Matthew Moseley‘s unprecedented 47.5-mile (76.4 km) 13 hour 56 minute swimming descent of the Colorado River on July 29th. As he swam downriver through the Canyonlands he swam into rocks and debris and a few trees lodged in the water even
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Eric Nilsson and Kirsten Read won the inaugural 3-mile Misery Challenge around Tuck’s Point Park in Manchester by-the-sea, Massachusetts. The charity swim is part of a multi-sport 4-race event around Misery Island and back held with proceeds going to Humans for Oceans. Race director Josh Crosby explained the different
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Marianne Rhéaume from Montreal’s CAMO Natation won the 5 km Canadian Age Group Championships (Championnat canadien groupes d’âge) in Lac-Beauport in 1:07:13 while 13-year-old Dounia Hage won the 2.5 km race in 36:09. True to the marathon swimming traditions of Québec, swimmers from the province won four of the
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Courtesy of Salvatore Cimmino who will attempt to swim attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida across the Straits of Florida.
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Photo and video of the finish of the men’s 10 km Olympic 10K Marathon qualifying swim in Kazan, Russia is courtesy of Rai Sport, a race won by Jordan Wilimovsky. Watch the final sprint to the 10 km world championships here on Rai Sport. The photo above shows the photo finish between 9th place Allan
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Video of the finish of the men’s 10 km Olympic 10K Marathon qualifying swim in Kazan, Russia is courtesy of Rai Sport, a race won by Jordan Wilimovsky. Watch the final sprint to the 10 km world championships here on Rai Sport. Men’s 10 km marathon swim qualifiers: 1 Jordan Wilimovsky (USA) 1:49:48.2 2 Ferry
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