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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The name of Harvard is occasionally associated with American presidents, business moguls, Nobel laureates, and authors. President Kennedy, Bill Gates, James Watson and Seamus Heaney aside, Harvard also produces swimmers like Olympians Alex Meyer, David Berkoff, and Bobby Hackett. The above video shows a day in the life of […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Every world-class open water swimmer comes from the pool swimming community. They trained hard, competed well, and then found their innate talents were best suited to the open water swimming world. They fine-tuned their skills and swimming technique first in the pool and then transferred their competitiveness and industriousness
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. New Zealand open water swimming champion Kane Radford beat Phillip Ryan at the 2.8 km State La Grande Swim in Akaroa, New Zealand. The 24-year-old Radford was a body length ahead as the two swimmers exited the water and finished in 31:08 to 31:06 for Ryan. Troy Balvert hung
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Stefannie Gillespie was dominant at today’s 2.8 km State La Grande Swim in Akaroa, New Zealand. Gillespie was tied with New Zealand national 5 km open water champion Penelope Hayes with 500 meters to go, but a burst of speed saw her surge into the lead and enabled a
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the midst of continued turmoil and terrorist struggles in Iraq, a young open water swimmer Alireza Jaff – Shwan, known locally as Dukan’s Dolphin, has captured the attention of the television, print and online social media in his homeland of Kurdistan. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 27 years ago in the high alpine reaches of the Sierra Nevada Mountains between the American states of California and Nevada, discussions about winter swimming were tossed about and then began to get more lively. Given the fact that the discussions were held in an famed local drinking establishment,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2015 Australian Open and Age Open Water Championships are being held this weekend at Bathers Beach in Fremantle, Perth in Western Australia. The event will feature 5 km and 10 km races that showcase Australia’s top open water swimmers including Jarrod Poort [shown above]. This event will also
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We have seen and sensed differences between open water swimmers and multi-sport athletes who compete in traditional triathlons or XTERRA World Tour off-road races [shown above and produced by TEAM Unlimited]. Pre-race Ambiance * Multi-sport athletes are busy with preparing their swim gear, cycling equipment and running wear while
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix races in Mexico are always colorful events with a joyful brightness in Cozumel, Cancún, Playa del Carmen, and Cañón del Sumidero. Photo shows the men’s start of the 15 km race in Cozumel with the women standing on the pier waiting for
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Video of the 2015 24 Hour Swim Relay courtesy of Lisa Amorao, Cathy Harrington, Laura Leahy, Anne Whalen McLindon, Melissa King and Suzie Dods from Aquatic Park in San Francisco Bay.“ Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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