Simon Dominguez Wants To Be On Time For Lunch
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Aurélie Muller Wins World Championships, Heading To Rio
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Faced with competing against Olympic medalists and world champions in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race today in Kazan, Russia, Aurélie Muller of France was undaunted. With all the work and training the 25-year-old French swimmer from Sarreguemines had put in, she had every right to be confident.
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Jordan Wilimovsky Leads Talented Field To Qualify For Rio
Photo of Ferry Weertman (silver), Jordan Wilimovsky (USA) and Spyridon Gianniotis (Greece) by Giorgio Scala of Deepbluemedia. Article courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If there is any athlete in Russia who looks like they are from Malibu, California, it is Jordan Wilimovsky. He is a blonde, cool, laid-back, zen-like, confident hipster. But underneath that
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When People Said It Cannot Be Done
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Andrew Smilley of the Cayman Islands and Kester Edwards are, deservedly so, the faces of open water swimming in the Special Olympics community. Through his charisma and depth of passion, Edwards have worked tirelessly over the last several years to bring open water swimming to this community. When people
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Special Olympics Open Water Packs In A Full Day
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Today was a long day at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Long Beach, California. First the divisioning heat was held where 87 athletes raced over the 1.5 km rectangular course. Based on their finish time, the athletes were grouped together for the finals to be held on
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O! Bill May Wins Gold
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimming Bill May and his partner Christina Jones won a gold medal in the inaugural Mixed Duet Technical synchronized swimming event at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. An example of the 36-year-old’s Cirque du Soleil performer’s swimming workouts are here. Copyright © 2015 by
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Who Is Going To The Olympics? Women Going To Rio
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 57 women, 10 spots. That is it. They train all their lives for this moment, culminating in 4 years of focused preparation, and a race that ends within 2 hours. But the 2015 FINA World Swimming Championships 10 km marathon swim in Kazan is the ultimate test of speed,
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The Grace Of Open Water Swimmers – Bill May At Worlds
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The last time we reported on Bill May, the 36-year-old was winning U.S. Masters Swimming marathon races and working full-time as a highly acclaimed performer for O, the famed long-running and highly popular Cirque de Soleil aquatic spectacular at the Bellagio Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. This week
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Who Is Going To The Olympics? Men Going To Rio
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 72 men, 10 spots. That is it. They train all their lives for this moment, culminating in 4 years of focused preparation, and race that ends within 2 hours. But the 2015 FINA World Swimming Championships 10 km marathon swim in Kazan is the ultimate test of speed, strength,
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Red Bull Surf & Rescue 2015 Highlights
Courtesy of Red Bull Surf & Rescue competition in Atlantic City, New Jersey, won by Sea Girt Beach Patrol of Monmouth County (Mike Barrows, Todd Sudol, Alex D’Anna and Anne Skimmons).
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