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Photos courtesy of Ian MacNicol with Swimming Canada. Canada’s Jade Dusablon finished 22nd at her first race at the 2015 FINA World Swimming Championships. Along the way, she received a typical welcome to world-class international competition when an errant kick caught her in her upper eye. FINA swimming officials have a close-up view of the […]
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Interview of Triple Crowner Chris Burke from Dover after his 10 hour 44 minute crossing of the English Channel, courtesy of Ron Collins.
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Forward Ho, Chad Wins South Africa’s First Gold Photo credit Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia. Article courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Unlike the women’s 5 km race earlier in the day, the make-up for the men’s 5 km at the 2015 FINA World Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia was noticeably different. There was good reason for the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Photos courtesy of Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia. The big day at the 2015 FINA World Swimming Championships for the female open water swimmers is next Tuesday when the first qualifying swim for the 2016 Rio Olympics 10K Marathon Swim is held. But the first day and first event in Kazan, Russia
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2015 FINA World Swimming Championships will kick-off in the Kazanka River in Kazan, Russia on Saturday morning. The championships will have fireworks from the very first event, the 5 km with American Andrew Gemmell, German Thomas Lurz, Russian Evegenii Drattcev and Sergey Bolshakov, defending champion Ous Mellouli from
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2015 FINA World Swimming Championships will kick-off in the Kazanka River in Kazan, Russia on Saturday morning. The championships will most certainly launch with a lot of close racing in the men’s and women’s 5 km. Especially with world champions Ana Marcela Cunha and Poliana Okimoto of Brazil
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Chip Peterson and American teammate Christine Jennings both won the 10 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean that doubles up as a leg on the FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup. The Americans very comfortably won in 1:57:37 and 2:09:15 respectively on July 23rd. 14 men and 6 women
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ron Collins announced that Chris Burke completed his open water swimming Grand Slam with his fast crossing of the English Channel in 10 hours 44 minutes yesterday. With his Catalina Channel crossing and his Manhattan Island Marathon Swim last year and his previous Tampa Bay Marathon Swim, Burke completed
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The City of Los Angeles has literally lit up and dressed up in its welcome of 6,500 athletes and thousands of coaches and administrators to the quadrennial Special Olympics World Summer Games. Its Opening Ceremonies are today with competitions including a 1.5 km open water swim. Los Angeles has
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Courtesy of Ben Hooper who will attempt to complete the 1,731-mile (2,786 km) Swim the Big Blue across the Atlantic Ocean from Dakar Harbour in Senegal to Natal in northeast Brazil. The youngster, then aged five, was dragged out and resuscitated on the side of the pool by lifeguards while stunned teachers looked on. Despite
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