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Courtesy of Bob Nighan of Globe Hollow Swimming Hole in Manchester, Connecticut. The renowned marathon swimmer Marcy MacDonald swam across Loch Ness in Scotland in 11 hours 59 minutes. Her 23-mile charity swim was performed on behalf of the Homes for the Brave. For her description and updates, visit Cutting Water. Copyright © 2015 by […]
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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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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bob Placak conducted an open water swimming clinic organized by Kester Edwards on the last day of the open water swimming events at the Special Olympics World Summer Games. About 150 athletes and coaches attended the clinic. Placak talked about the history of getting open water swimming as a
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Without a doubt, the greatest service we have witnessed over the decades in the sport of open water swimming is Healthy Athletes or free health screenings for Special Olympics athletes at the quadrennial World Summer Games. The Healthy Athletes program at these Games in Los Angeles have provided seven
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Channel swimmer always have major decisions to make when deciding who is on their support crew for a 10-20 mile channel swim. They have to balance decisions such as who wants to be on their escort boat in contrast who should be on their escort boat. Who can be
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Courtesy of Lane Vail for Natural Awakenings. Bostonian avid open-water swimmer Kate Radville is delighted that water constitutes 70 percent of the Earth’s surface. “The controlled environment of a swimming pool is convenient,” she says, “but splashing around outside in the beautiful summer sunshine is undeniably liberating.” …read more here.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Observers Kim Rutherford and Scott Tapley confirmed that Captains Brent McLain and Marino Cacciotti escorted Amy Appelhans Gubser, Kirk McKinney, Les Mangold, John Sims, Jeff Everett, and Andrew McLaughlin completed the first two-way crossing of the Farallon Islands. “The San Francisco-based Team Nadadores Locos, a 6-person relay, swam from
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