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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The body of missing swimmer Tristan Dennis was finally found floating in the water and has been recovered in Pietermaritzburg’s Midmar Dam. Divers from the South African Police Services located the body early on Tuesday morning, after which it was positively identified as 30-year-old Tristan Dennis who disappeared while […]
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Courtesy of Janet Kylander Manning for the United States Winter Swimming Championships, Vermont. While the British, Irish, Russians, Chinese, Slovenians, Finnish, Latvians, and South Africans have help national winter swimming events, 2015 will see the inaugural United States Winter Swimming Championships be held in Lake Memphremagog on February 21st and 22nd. The collective brainchild of
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Armed With Nothing But A Swimsuit Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On the 40th anniversary of the iconic movie Jaws, a Barbadian singer Robyn Rihanna Fenty, better known by her stage name Rihanna, was photographed by Norman Jean Roy for the March issue of Harper’s Bazaar. Her interview is posted here. Like many who
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The search for lost swimmer Tristan Dennis, who went missing during the 42nd aQuellé Midmar Mile in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on Saturday, resumed on both Sunday and today, but he has not yet been found. The search, led by the South Africa Police Services Search and Rescue team under
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Aerial photos courtesy of Jaco Tredoux and Andrew Martens of Helicam Productions. Queen of Midmar Keri-Anne Payne and King of Midmar Chad Ho [followed by Matthew Mark Meyer] are shown from above as they cross the finish line at the 2015 aQuellé Midmar Mile in Pietermaritzburg in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal. Men’s results are here. Women’s
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are many renowned open water swimming epicenters around the world, from Aquatic Park to Sandycove Island. But arguably, none of these epicenters of competition and camaraderie have grown as quickly as the southern Spanish coastline. Aquapreneurs like Miguel Rahola, the founder of Marnaton, have made this happen. Marnaton
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One never, ever knows who is going to come out on top in the women’s 10 km races, especially on a FINA/HOSA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup event. The women’s races are always so close and extremely competitive. On any given day, anyone could stand on top. But
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. As expected, it was a physical battle throughout the men’s FINA/HOSA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup race in La Patagones-Viedma (Maraton Patagones-Viedma International Open Water Swim) in Argentina. But less unexpectedly, Simone Ruffini of Italy knocked off fast-charging Allan do Carmo and his Brazilian teammmate Diogo Andrade Villarinho.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Chad Ho had scouted out the shortened aQuellé Midmar Mile course the day before in winning the relay division with his Varsity College teammates, Paul van Achterburgh, Clayton Jimmie, and Leith Shankland. But his personal goal on Day Two was to win his sixth consecutive victory in the famed
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Photos courtesy of Jaco Tredoux and Andrew Martens of Helicam Productions. Photo of Keri-Anne Payne courtesy of Jetline Action Photo/Gameplan Media. This Olympic quadrennial is finally heating up for 2008 Olympic silver medalist Keri-Anne Payne. While bearing with a brutal travel schedule between Great Britain, Australia and South Africa,
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