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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. This morning’s King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar) was a race that tested every skill of the world’s fastest open water swimmers: flat-out speed, bodysurfing skills, stamina, strategy, in’s and out’s, beach running, drafting, positioning and pacing. From world champions Ana Marcela Cunha, Chip […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Fernando Possenti swam the 200 butterfly and 200 individual medley until the age of 17 years. Then his life changed and his destiny was set. “In São Paulo at 17, I started teaching classes. Then at 19, I organized a school swim team in Cotia. Our results were good
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Courtesy of Ryan Stramrood of Cape Town, South Africa who completed a 32-minute ice mile amid scattered ice blocks, large icebergs, orcas, and leopard seals with Ram Barkai, Kieron Palframan, Toks Viviers, Andrew Chin and Gavin Pike in water officially measured at -1ºC (30.2ºF) in Neko Harbour, Antarctica. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Brazilian swimmer Percival Milani from São Caetano do Sul wrote A Travessia Do Canal Da Mancha, a Portuguese-language book about crossing of the English Channel. Its summary in Portuguese is as follows: “Dizem que toda grande caminhada começa com o primeiro passo. O que poucos revelam é que o
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After the successes of the inaugural Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the follow-up success in the Serpentine at the 2012 London Olympic Games, the marathon swim is coming to Copacabana Beach for the 2012 Rio Olympics. Former professional marathon swimmer and English Channel
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With the water temperature nearing 16ºC, the 3,600 participants of the King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar) in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro are getting ready for a cold one today in Copacabana Beach. Alice Franco says, “Yes, it is cold, but this
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim will start in the morning hours (10’ish) at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee has plans to start the pool swimming competition at 10 pm. With the finals, post-race warm-downs, medal ceremonies and press conferences starting so late in order
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Temafa Yalimaiwai from the Tritons Swimming Club received two awards in his native Fiji: 2014 Open Water Swimmer of the Year and 2014 Record Breaker Award at the Fiji Swimming Awards, sponsored by BSP and Vodafone. He is one of the stars of the Fiji swimming scene. In 2013,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The front of the pack and the back of the pack at the start of an onshore start in an ocean swim is like two sides of a coin: complete opposites. Towards the front, the athletes run and race into the water, ever so aggressively and quickly. Towards the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Guillermo Bértola (Argentina), Sarah Bosslet (Germany), Alice Franco (Italy), and Chip Peterson (U.S.A.) talk about the King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar) event on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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