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Courtesy of Doug Woodring at the Jax Coco Shek O Challenge in Hong Kong, a World Open Water Swimming Series event. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of Khaled Shalaby and Sherwitte Hafez from the Red Sea at the Stroke for Egypt event, a World Open Water Swimming Series event. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of Henley Swim, River Thames.
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Courtesy of Boyan Slat, creator of The Ocean Cleanup that was funded with US$2.2 million.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Rostislav Vitek recently set the world record for the ice mile in Blansko, Czech Republic in 4.83°C water and 1°C air temperature with a time of 20:29. Since Philip Emslie first set the record for an ice mile with a 22:30 in South Africa, the record has dropped 2
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Rostislav Vitek is a professional open water swimmer from the Czech Republic. A multi-versatile athlete, he competes in the 5 km, 10 km and 25 km races and finished 17th at the 2008 Olympics in the inaugural Olympic 10K Marathon Swim with a time of 1 hour 52 minutes
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. South Africa’s Philip Emslie is accomplished swimmer in both competitive pool swimming and masters swimming, but he also arguably has among the widest range of aquatic abilities of any open water swimmer in the world – at least water temperature-wise. Not only does Emslie hold the third fastest ice
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Qatar is among the seven countries preparing bids to host the FINA World Swimming Championships in either 2021 or 2023. Qatar was the host of FINA’s 25m pool swimming championships in 2014, but the country bordering the Persian Gulf would also be responsible for holding the pool swimming, diving,
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With the first day of summer, Wallace J. Nichols’ 100 Days of Blue campaign begins. Dr. Nichols is an author, speaker, and researcher who created the Blue Mind Collective that annually and virtually brings together leading voices from diverse backgrounds including athletes, entrepreneurs, explorers, artists, neuroscientists and psychologists to
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In helping Jamie Patrick plan and prepare for his The Long Swim, a 78-mile attempt in the Caribbean Sea, jellyfish expert Dr. Angel Yanagihara provided a probability list of encountering box jellyfish in the sea around Eleuthera in the Bahamas. “I have been to Eleuthera and done a good
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