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Demographic Differences Between Triathlon And Open Water
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Gary Roethenbaugh of MultiSport Research completed a global triathlon participation survey on behalf of the International Triathlon Union. His findings were quite interesting, especially since many triathletes participate in open water swims in the 172 countries around the world that have known organized open water swims (at least known
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You Gotta Be Mad Swimmers
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Like Night Train Swimmers in California, the Mad Swimmer is a group of open water swimmers from South Africa. The group plans and attempts difficult and unique open water challenges around the world that also help raise money for a variety of charities. Driven by Jean Craven with the
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Patience, Patience, Patience In The Open Water
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. What makes an Olympic champion? Physical prowess, dedication and mental toughness are key attributes. The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim gold medalist Maarten van der Weijden has all three, but it is his mental toughness that is so impressive. Not only did Van der Weijden famously overcome leukemia, but he
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Champion Mindset Open Water Swimming Tips
Courtesy of Champion Mindset Consulting. From the mid-1980’s to the early 1990’s, Shelley Taylor-Smith dominated the professional marathon swimming community as she was ranked No. 1 for 7 consecutive years by the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation, won four 25 km world championships, and uniquely ranked No. 1 – overall for both men and women
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Tough Olympian Pool Workouts
Two-time Olympic pool and open water swimmer Chloe Sutton was known for working out very hard. With her permission, we observed a few of her 50-meter pool workouts in Mission Viejo, California under the coaching of Bill Rose where she focused on both her endurance and speed . Day One:400 warm-up on 6:004 x 100
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Cruising In The Corinth Canal
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Attila Manyoki of Hungary and Giannis Kotsiopoulos of Greece and two members of the Leandros swim club completed a 6 km Corinth Canal solo swim in 2005. “We were the first swimmers who swam across the Corinthos channel,” explains Manyoki. “Kotsiopoupou was the organizer and one of the swimmers.
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SCAQ’s Sunset Swim Series
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Sunset Swim Series kicked off last Friday at Santa Monica Beach in Southern California. SCAQ Head Coach and Olympic silver medalist Clay Evans offers a warm-up run-swim circuit followed by an Aquathon competition of 1.5 km ocean swim + 5 km run or 700m ocean swim + 1-mile
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Sights We Missed Around The Open Water
Courtesy of @swimhaley. For the latest in-depth interview with Haley Anderson, visit 20 Question Tuesday with Bob Schaller .
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Looking Forward To Rio
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The United States Olympic Committee will send over 500 representative athletes to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games next summer in Brazil.* Among all those choices, the U.S.O.C. choose standout open water swimmer Haley Andersen to kick-off its campaign of Team USA gear. For more information, visit here. * In
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