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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FINA issued information announcing several open water swimming stars and Olympians who will be participating in its FINA/HOSA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Abu Dhabi on March 13th, organized by Ayman Saad. One of those athletes FINA named was Brian Ryckeman, a world-class professional marathon swimmer and two-time […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There were – and are – very few athletes like him. George Park will receive his long overdue accolades from his peers and fans in San Pedro, California at the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremonies on November 6th. In the oompany of Honour Swimmers of the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ted Erikson, now 87, may be swimming a little less, less fast, and less often, but he is still quite active intellectually, pecking away at his keyboard and working on essays. Erikson submitted an essay (see link here) to FQXi in a contest to be rated by the general
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Caitlin Davies is a novelist, non-fiction writer, journalist and teacher who recently authored the history of swimming in the River Thames, titled Downstream: a history and celebration of swimming the River Thames. Back in 2012, she also wrote Taking the Waters: A Swim Around Hampstead Heath with photography by
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The first recognized American national open water swimming championships was reportedly held in 1925 from the Chain Bridge to Georgetown in the Potomac River near Washington D.C. Although other local races such as the La Jolla Rough Water Swim in California and the Boston Light Swim in Massachusetts had
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Daily News of Open Water Swimming conducted an online poll on what people think about while open water swimming (both in training and in competition). Swimmers reported the following activities: * “I do think non-stop about my catch, pull through and back end finish every stroke.” * “I
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Touch screen panels, GPS, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, WordPress, gel packs, FaceBook, GoPro, iPhones, ring tones. So many things have changed the way open water swimmers of the 21st century conduct their lives and organize and promote their swims compared with the swimmers of the 20th century. The Santa Barbara
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. From July 25th to August 2nd, Los Angeles, California will host the biggest sports and humanitarian event in the world in 2015, the Special Olympics World Summer Games. The World Games will draw over 7,000 athletes and 3,000 coaches representing 177 countries, along with 30,000 volunteers and an anticipated
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Courtesy of Jacqueline McClelland in Northern Ireland, California. The Step Out of the Ordinary Blue Envelope Challenge was recognized at the Newry & Mourne District Council Sports Awards ceremonies with a Special Achievement Award. Photo above shows members of the Camlough Lake Water Festival team upon acceptance of the award at the Canal Court Hotel,
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Commentary courtesy of Nuala Moore, an ice swimmer from Ireland. A year ago, ice swimming and ice swimmers came under attack from blog sites and social media as being a dangerous sport. Comments were made that hypothermia would claim a life or, by our personal involvement as ice swimmers, we were enticing people to take
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