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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Photos above show Nadia El Bahtane, the first Moroccan woman to complete a solo crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar. The Rabat native and mother of two crossed the strait in 4 hours 18 minutes, swimming from Tarifa and landing near Punto Cires. Copyright © 2015 by World Open […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Darren Miller is preparing for his invitation-to-all, challenge-to-the-triathlon-world Sub-32 Marathon. And he is running well. “I did a 2:59 [marathon run] on a whim when I decided to run on Sunday at the Pittsburgh Marathon,” reported Miller. “With no rest and after a tough week of training, I feel
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Unión Americana de Natación (UANA or the Amateur Swimming Union of the Americas) under the leadership of Brazil’s Coaracy Nunes Filho appointed its technical open water swimming officials and referees (International Technical Officials or ITO) for the 2015 Pan American Games that will be held in Toronto, Canada this
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Photos courtesy of Dr. Jim Miller. With the long-running heated rivalries among American women to become USA Swimming representatives at international competitions, there is plenty of close competition and physicality between Haley Anderson, Ashley Twichell, Becca Mann, Eva Fabian, Christine Jennings, Lindsay Vrooman, Kaitlin Pawlowicz, Tristin Baxter, Emily Brunemann, Stephanie Peacock and others. That kind
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Iguana Open Water Swim will be held for the first time. The 1 km fun swim and 5 km competitive sea swim is located on Porto Mari Beach in Curaçao in the Dutch Caribbean on May 9th this week. For more information, contact Raoul Hooftman (vp-openwater@curacao-aquatics.org) or Elma
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Central American and Caribbean Swimming Federation (CCCAN or la Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Natación) is a governing body for Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Adam Walker used to sell products. With his Oceans Seven’s success, he has quite effectively transformed himself from a product salesman to a product endorser, spokesman and a filmmaker for a variety of causes and charity. “I’m filming a documentary on dolphin intelligence at the moment,” he explains. His
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Despite over 500 American colleges and universities that has varsity swimming teams [see partial list below], there are only a handful of collegiate coaches who enjoy, focus on, and study the sport of open water swimming. While USC’s Catherine Vogt and Southern Illinois University’s Rick Walker are the most
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While you swim, your body weight is supported by the water. The impact on your joint is limited and the positive psychological benefits are well-documented. So with all these obvious benefits, Ori Sela and his colleagues at WEST (Water World Swimming Therapy) have created on online and practical system
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is rare to see Haley Anderson not smiling. Her genuinely warm smile comes from deep within her joyful approach to life. Watch her in school, watch her in workout, watch her with her teammates, and there is nearly always a smile. Wide and white. And those around her
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