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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. It is quite unusual for an athlete to be competitive in both the sprint races and distance events. Athletes like 5-time Olympic gold medalist speed skater Eric Heiden or swimmers like Michael Phelps in the 100m freestyle and the 400m individual medley or Keri-Anne Payne in the 200m individual
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After Danie Marais pushed Chad Ho at last week’s aQuellé Midmar Mile, the fast South African pair are set to go head-to-head again in the inaugural Sanlam Cape Mile in Eikenhof Dam near Cape Town this Saturday. Ho [shown above finishing at the Midmar Dam] wants to keep his
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Because FINA rules apply to the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit races, each athlete receive the approval of their national governing body. For some countries, the process is quite easy. For other countries, it is more complicated. An application form must be submitted to the local organizing
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Phil White announced the detailed schedule of the 2015 will see the inaugural United States Winter Swimming Championships be held in Lake Memphremagog on February 21st and 22nd, hosted by Darren Miller, Cristian Vergara, Melissa O’Reilly, Brad McVetta and Janet Manning. “We will be having a press conference and
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Courtesy of Lexie Kelly at the Red Sea. There were a few hiccups in last year’s inaugural Stroke for Egypt event when the 2.5 km-long flag did not properly lay down on the surface of the Red Sea. But organizers Khaled Shalaby, an Egyptian who swam across the English Channel with just one arm back
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lexie Kelly won the Stroke for Egypt 10 km swim in the Red Sea today after also taking the 5 km swim. “We hung with Evan Kraus and swam 12 loops around a tiny island in beautifully warm, calm water,” says the visiting Californian who visited the Stroke for
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Radio 4 broadcast a radio interview with Adam Walker who talked about the Oceans Seven today. For more information, visit here. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Photo by Deep Blue Media. Results courtesy of FINA. Men’s results from the FINA/HOSA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup event at the La Patagones-Viedma (Maraton Patagones-Viedma International Open Water Swim) in Argentina are shown below. Italy swept the men’s and women’s podium at both the FINA/HOSA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup and the
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