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Courtesy of Don Watson from Lake Travis in Austin, Texas. “It was a strange weekend in Austin, Texas. On Thursday and Friday, the day before the 12-mile Lake Travis Relay, the air temperature was about 98ºF (36ºC). On race day Saturday, the day started with a heavy rain with thunder and lightening as the air […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “It’s having the willpower to endure the cold and not be disconcerted at the nearness of porpoises, dolphins and even sharks, to bear the pain of aching shoulders, knees and shins and to remain floating in the water with your arm seized with cramp and remain unperturbed when a
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. José Díaz of Nadandolibre spoke with Argentina’s Sergio Salomone about his in-water experiences with an orca (Ballena asesina in Spanish) on the Nadandolibre program on Radio Marca with Alessi Pérez, Pablo Juanarena and Yanela Clavo. The link to their Spanish radio broadcast is here. Salomone’s encounter with the orca
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2014 IRONMAN World Championship presented by GoPro was this weekend with the eyes of the world’s triathlon and endurance communities focused on the stamina, strength and speed of the world’s top 2,187 multi-sport athletes in Kona, Hawaii. The world’s media in the form of television and social media
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Courtesy of Doug Woodring at the Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong. 16-year-old Benjamin Freeman stood on top of the podium at the 15 km Clean Half Marathon Swim, like his 17-year-old sister Jemma Freeman who won the women’s event. The siblings from Australia are fast, especially Ben who finished the 15 km
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With coach Ricardo Cintra, world champion Poliana Okimoto, coach Fernando Alves Possenti, world champion Ana Marcela Cunha, coach Kiko Klaser, FINA World Cup leader Allan Do Carmo, Diogo Andrade Villarinho, and world championship medalist Samuel de Bona (up close), Brazil has one very fast-swimming national open water team, arguably
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Like his female teammates Ana Marcela Cunha and Poliana Okimoto who reign at the top echelon on the women’s marathon swimming world, FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup leader Allan Do Carmo of Brazil put his stamp on the 2014 professional marathon swimming circuit with a definitive and extremely
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When a group of open water swimmers get together – for a training session or for a channel crossing – they always seem to rise to the occasion. Not all relays are always successful as the Night Train Swimmers have tried proven during their attempts to cross the Sea
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Photos courtesy of Cyprus Israel Swim members who included Udi Erell, Doron Amosi, Ben Enosh, Ori Sela, Oded Rahav, and Luc Chetboun who swam 123 hours 10 minutes non-stop from Cyprus to Israel over a 5-day period between October 5th-10th to set the record for the longest open water swimming relay for a 6-person team.
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Courtesy of Doug Woodring at the Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong.
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