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The overall winners of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim on Oahu in Hawaii was the model for the swim leg of the Hawaii Ironman. Its winners include some very impressive ocean swimmers including legendary Olympic gold medalist sprinter Jim Montgomery (1985) and 12-year-old phenomenon Kathy Shipman (1972) who finished fifth overall. The ageless Alex Kostich not […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Joe Lileikis is a man of duality. He was an intense competitor, but is always smiling before and after a race. He is a very powerful man who also understands the absolute importance of precision and balance in the water. “The water can work wonders. Reach, roll, recover and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Axel Reymond of France beat a bunch of Olympians at the FINA/Hose 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Final Men’s Results: 1 Axel Reymond (FRA) 1:57:52.1 2 Jack Burnell (GBR) 1:57:53.6 3 Christian Reichert (GER) 1:57:53.6 4 Daniel Fogg (GBR) 1:57:54.5 5 Andreas Waschburger
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Rachele Bruni of Italy finished first (2:07:31.8) in the new FINA/Hose Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Abu Dhabi ahead of Siyu Yan of China and 27 others from around the world including world champions Keri-Anne Payne and Poliana Okimoto. Final Women’s Results: 1 Rachele Bruni (ITA) 2:07:31.8 2
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On April 18th, Cyril Huet will host the newest FINA/Hosa 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup race in New Caledonia. Ana Marcela Cunha, Christine Jennings, Angela Maurer, Karla Sitic, Poliana Okimoto, Martina Grimaldi, Cecilia Biagioli, Shi Yu, Emily Brunemann, and Rachele Bruni are among the ten fastest and toughest 10
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 4th annual Plasticity Forum will be held in the beautiful town of Cascais, just outside of Lisbon, Portugal. This is part of a series of international events in Portugal related to the ocean and the blue economy, with plastic innovation and solutions playing an important global role in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cyril Huet of the Organizing Committee of the FINA/Hosa Marathon Swimming World Cup in New Caledonia has moved the deadline for entry to the Noumea FINA/Hosa 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup on April 18th to March 31st. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of CBS about the powerfulCalifornia Berkeley women’s swim team.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FINA announced that Budapest, Hungary will replace Guadalajara, Mexico as the host city of the 17th FINA World Championships and FINA World Masters Championships in July 2017. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and the President of the Hungarian Swimming Federation Tamas Gyarfas [shown on left] worked to led the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Simon Griffiths of H2Open Magazine penned a thoughtful and introspective article on Why our choice of words matters to our fellow swimmers (see here). Griffiths explains in his article about how he reflected on the use of the term, disabled swimmer. “The preferred wording is ‘swimmer with a disability’
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