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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. For the last few years, the women’s race at the aQuellé Midmar Mile has been an exciting two-women battle between America’s Ashley Twitchell and 7-time winner Keri-Anne Payne. Between the two of them, they have dominated the last 9 races in which they have competed. But 2013 World University […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Georgia Amison is a professional open water swimmer from the UK who has her eyes set on winning the Oceanman European Final in Benidorm, Spain on October 25th. Amison has chosen the Oceanman as one of her 2015 goals. “Inner determination and will power are two words that describe
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Vasilly Mosin is a phenomenal cold water swimmer with speed like few others. Considered to be an ambassador and gentleman of the sport, he can truly fly in cold water. His 25m sprint freestyle time is 11 seconds. His best 50m freestyle time is 26 seconds – without a
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Imagine a country where there are fewer than 10,000 registered competitive swimmers. Imagine the same country that regularly has open water swims that attract even more participants than the number of registered competitive swimmers (e.g., aQuellé Midmar Mile attracts up to 19,000 participants). In other words, a country where
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is not often that a head of state congratulates an open water swimmer. But one of those rare occasions happened this week when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma for swimming 1.4 miles in the 1ºC water temperature in the Antarctic Ocean in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In 2014, 304 swimmers (156 men and 148 women) from 38 countries competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup where Brazilians Allan do Carmo and Ana Marcela Cunha won the overall circuit. This year, 11 races in 9 countries on 3 continents are on the FINA pro
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Courtesy of Rick Gaenzle in the middle of the Cook Strait, New Zealand. The first relay to attempt the Oceans Seven completed their goal with a 13 hour 51 minute crossing of the Cook Strait. The triple team of Rick Gaenzle, Chris Kraus and Brian Ross knocked off the Cook Strait in addition to the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Chloë McCardel of Australia and Craig Lenning of American both had remarkable swims in 2014 that were celebrated by their peers and fans. McCardel’s swim was especially arduous as she spent nearly a week hospitalized after her unprecedented 124.4 km swim from South Eleuthera Island to Nassau, Bahamas. Lenning’s
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Barra Award for Most Impressive Overall Year was given to swimmers nearly at the opposite ends of the marathon swimming community. While 16-year-old Charlotte Samuels was taking off time from school to become the youngest person to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, 62-year old Mo
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Streeter Award for Service to Marathon Swimming was awarded to the renowned husband-and-wife duo to Neil and Grace van der Byl. There is arguably no more selfless household in the marathon swimming community than under the Van der Byl roof. For a backstory on this remarkable couple, visit
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