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A report broadcast on National Public Radio discusses the happenings at the 2015 United States Winter Swimming Championships in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. The broadcast is posted here. The report talks about how Mariia Yrjö-Koskinen, a mother of four, swims gracefully and without hypothermia. “It is beautiful water…so great.” Photo above shows 3-time winner Daina Bouquin. […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Apostle Island Relay Swim is a 20-mile open water swimming solo and relay competition around Madeline Island in Lake Superior in Bayfield, Wisconsin on August 22nd. Madeline Island is one of the 22 Apostle Islands in Lake Superior located off the Bayfield peninsula in northern Wisconsin. The categories
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An appeal distributed to local and national swimming coaches around the world was made by John Leonard of the World Swimming Coaches Association. Below is the response from renowned Australian coach Forbes Carlile. The original appeal is posted here. I am delighted to read from recent correspondence that you are facing up to FINA in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At a recent cycling race in Oman (Tour of Oman), a group of professional cyclists simply pulled over to the side of the road and retired from the race due to blisteringly hot and unsafe conditions (read here). The protest took place on the Tour of Oman when sandstorms,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Denaj Seymour of Nassau, Bahamas pointed out that the latest Swimming Science Bulletin by Brent S. Rushall, Ph.D. discusses the issue of resting time between Ultra-short Race-pace Training (USRPT) swim set repetitions in the pool. The information by Professor Rushall is presented here. One the most basic premises in
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Open Water Core – From Pool to Pond courtesy of Bruckner Chase.Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bruckner and Michelle Chase both gave talks at last weekend’s Endurance Expo in Pennsylvania. “[With this video], I wanted to get people’s attention before a talk on developing one’s open water core: Stronger Bodies, Wiser Minds,” explains Chase.
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An appeal and a suggestion distributed to local and national swimming coaches around the world, courtesy of John Leonard of the World Swimming Coaches Association. Everywhere I travel I hear from Coaches and Athletes that there is building frustration with FINA and its decision making process. I see FINA as a Fake Democracy. Fake because
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In and out of the surf, in and out of the cold, in and out of the marine elements. That is what is expected and what is experienced during the Xtreme Swim Series in the Eastern Cape province in South Africa. The next event on the Xteme Swim Series
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Courtesy of Brenton Williams from Marina Martinique, South Africa. Young Jeffreys Bay swimmer Seth de Swart [shown above] won the men’s 5 km swim at the NMBA Championships held at Marina Martinique, South Africa, while Amika de Jager won the women’s race. Both swam South African national qualifying times and will represent their province at
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Phil White reported the results of the inaugural United States Winter Swimming Championships held in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont on February 21st and 22nd. Several swimmers did multiple events and a handful competed in all 4 events on both Saturday and Sunday: 25m breaststroke, 25m freestyle, 50m freestyle and 100m
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