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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Tita Llorens is going to give it another go across the 85 km (52.8 miles) of the jellyfish-strewn canal de Mallorca on July 15th. She will start at Punta d’en Jonc in Ibiza and aim to finish at La Mola in Mallorca. Mallorca is the largest island in the […]
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Photo of David Heron (silver medal on left) and Chip Peterson (gold medal on right) by Al Bello/Getty Images. Charles ‘Chip’ Peterson had a great start to his open water swimming career at the age of 18 when he won his first world 10 km championship in Montreal, Canada. But a series of illnesses set
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At yesterday’s Pan American Games marathon swim, Jade Dusablon and Samantha Harding went head-to-head literally. The pair of 21-year-old Canadians finished 7th and 8th respectively only 1 second apart at the women’s 10 km marathon swimming final in Ontario Place West Channel in Lake Ontario. “I think both of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Maura Twomey, originally from Ireland but living in Boston, took 16 hours 23 minutes to realize her dream of crossing the English Channel this week. She is very sore and tired after her achievement, but doubly happy for her crossing was a two-time victory. She had set a personal
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sports fans love last-second shots and game-ending scores. TV audiences love replays of races that end in photo finishes. Books are written and careers are made centered around great competitions that culminate in a heart-pounding finale. Heroes and legacies are made this way. When athletes are pushed to their
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Photo courtesy of Jeff Mein Smith at the 2015 Jax Sheko Challenge in Hong Kong. After a long jaunt in the open water, especially on a point-to-point swim or a channel swim, there is a mixture of jubilation and relief when the opposite shore suddenly comes into view. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water
Photo courtesy of Jeff Mein Smith. 32-year-old Damon Mok is a triathlete and sports therapist from Hong Kong who has worked with the Chinese Olympic team at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games and 2012 London Olympic Games. He is constantly thinking of the most efficient and innovative ways to recover from
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Courtesy of Benoît Lecomte for The Longest Swim from Tokyo to San Francisco. Dr Benjamin Levine, Director of the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, says, “We are very interested in really studying the outer edges of human performance. Ben’s swim across the Pacific [Ocean] certainly counts as that.” For more information, visit The Longest
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. From row boats to motor boats, Faros Maratón has constantly evolved. One of the most interesting friendly family battles in the open water swimming world is between two Croatian swimmers. 45-year-old masters swimmer Dr. Josip Aralica and his up-and-coming 18-year-old daughter Lucija have gone head-to-head at both the 38th
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Courtesy of Faros Maratón, a a 16 km race from Stari Grad to Faros, Croatia organized by the Croatian Long Distance Swimming Federation. From row boats to motor boats, Faros Maratón has constantly evolved. Over the last 40 years, Faros has grown from a small provincial marathon swim into a world-class event drawing the international
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