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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ever since he emerged at the 2009 FINA World Swimming Championships in Rome with a silver in the 10 km, Andrew Gemmell has always shown promise to take the open water swimming world by storm. Gemmell focused on the remaining part of the collegiate career at the University of […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Like Andrew Gemmell, her male counterpart on top of the podium at Australia’s 10 km Swim the Swan, Sharon van Rouwendaal has been showing her speed, savvy and stamina wherever she competes in the elite open water swimming world. She made real believers of her rapid rise and future
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 92-year-old Lorna Cochran extended her unprecedented record as the oldest finisher of the annual aQuellé Midmar Mile in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa with her 17th crossing of the Midmar Dam. But all good things must end. Cochran confirmed that she will now retire from competitive open water swimming. Surrounded by
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After nearly four decades of a flawless safety record, tragedy has sadly and repeatedly struck the aQuellé Midmar Mile in recent years. Despite having hundreds of professional and volunteer safety personnel on the course in boats, RIBs, and paddleboards and underwater, 45-year-old Nico Mellet died in the first fatality
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The sea is rough, the waves are pounding along the coast, the swells are bouncing against the rocky shore. What is a swimmer to do? What would you do? Are you a risk-taker or are you risk-averse? Do you take a chance, wait for a lull in the surf,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. This visual of a passing cargo ship, kayaker Shu Pu, and Simon Holliday crossing paths in the Pearl River delta between Hong Kong and Macau is pretty cool. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lewis Pugh announced his upcoming expedition in the Southern Ocean near the Antarctic shoreline. It will be an extraordinary feat. Pugh’s Five Swims in Antarctica for 1 Reason is a series of 5 ocean swims in the mind-boggling conditions of Antarctica. But the difficulties of his swim are not
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are many phenomena that cause us to smile in the open water. Some of these things are inherently quite simple, but we appreciate the sport on a profoundly deep level because of them. For example… We love swimming in the ocean, especially when the swim starts off in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The North Shore Swimming Club is a 75-member pod of athletes who train on the North Shore of Lake Erie in Canada. “The club with a strong tradition of developing open water swimmers that go the distance,” explains member Josh Reid. “Our members range from competitive swimmers and triathletes
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FINA’s list of approved swimwear (suits, goggles and caps) for 2015 for pool and open water swimming was announced on February 5th 2015 for competition between January 1st and December 31st 2015 (see here). The list of manufacturers who produced FINA-approved swimwear is below: 361° (CHINA), A3 PERFORMANCE, ADIDAS,
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