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Courtesy of Billy Wallace of the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association (ILDSA). Billy Wallace provided minutes from the Irish Long Distance Swimming Committee in 1967 that were provided at the Inaugural Annual General Meeting in 1967 by Honorary Secretary Fred Parkes. Gentlemen, We, as an association, must be proud of our achievements and progress this […]
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Photo courtesy of ACTION IMAGES. Article courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Olympians Daniel Fogg, Andrew Gemmell, Yasunari Hirai, Alex Meyer, Jarrod Poort, Andreas Washburger and Richard Weinberger will face the crème de la crème of the Pacific Rim nations as well as a few European studs at next Sunday’s BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. National teams from Australia, United States, Malaysia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Canada, Japan, France and the Netherlands are supporting the BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series Open Water Challenge. Also known as the Swim the Swan, the BHP is a pool swimming, open water swimming and water polo extravaganza in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Swimmers around the world often raise lots of money for charitable causes. The beneficiaries of these charity swims are focused on a variety of needs ranging from the environment and social causes to military organizations and marine life. In July 1976 when Dr. Sean O’Connell was pulled out of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nathan Capp dominated the 3.3 km race at the State Capital Classic in Wellington, New Zealand. He finished almost half a minute ahead of the field in nearly perfect conditions on Oriental Bay. The 22-year-old led from start to finish, taking advantage of a good tactical decision at the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 2014 Commonwealth Games rivals Emma Robinson of New Zealand and Laura Crockart of Australia were stroke-for-stroke for much of the 3.3 km State Capital Classic in Wellington, New Zealand. But the 20-year-old Aussie edged into a body-length advantage as she rounded the iconic Pt Jerningham Lighthouse at the 2
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Data courtesy of Barbara Held and Marcia Cleveland. Among the individuals who have completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, the average age is 43.7 years old. The age of completion ranges from teenagers [female: Charlotte Samuels at the age of 16 and male: Lachlan Hinds at the age of 18] to veterans [female:
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. En route to his attempt to complete the Oceans Seven, New York swimmer Dan Curtis is swimming off the beaten path. On the 40th anniversary of the first successful completion of The Big Swim in Tasmania, Australia, Curtis has accepted the challenge of 34 km swim to the Tasman
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With official’s boats looking on and kayakers alongside, no participants took the same line at the 3rd annual 14 km Cold Half marathon swim in Hong Kong. Race director Doug Woodring tracked each of the 35 athletes from China, the UK, Thailand, the United States and Hong Kong in
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Courtesy of Associated Press on Why is the Hong Kong coast glowing an eerie blue?. People who swim across the Catalina Channel often relish in the sparkling blue bioluminescence they see at night along the surface of the water and lighting up their hands as they pull through the water. But a similar glittering blue
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