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Mind-boggling scenes and a potpourri of images from the Bering Strait Swim, the 2013 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. Courtesy of Igor Ageenko, celebrating ice swimmers from around the world in the Bering Strait where swimmers from 15 regions of the Russian Federation, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, Italy, Chile, Argentina, Estonia, Finland, […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cameron Keith became the youngest person in history to successfully cross the Molokai Channel from Molokai Island to Oahu yesterday. After a delay due to mechanical problems on his escort boat, the 15-year-old from Cairns, Australia was admittedly nervous. But his nerves seem to melt away once he got
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Photos of Henri Kaarma courtesy of Nuala Moore. Close-ups of Henri Kaarma of Estonia are most telling. He almost looks normal diving and swimming in the water above, but these photos show the Estonian ice swimmer on his way to setting a record in swimming 2,400 meters (1.49 miles) in 0.8ºC water in 41 minutes
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Given the desert land where she was born and brought up, Bhakti Sharma of Rajasthan, India seems to be one of the least likely individuals to swim in extreme ends of the Earth. But the English Channel swimmer (13 hours 55 minutes in 2006) has completed all kinds of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jeanine and Anthony Pearse both swam successfully and simultaneously across the English Channel on the same day a few days ago. The husband and wife were the the seventh and eighth South Africans to achieve a Channel crossing this year. Jeanine is the fastest South African woman to cross
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Results from one of the longest running open water swimming competition in the Caribbean, the Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad & Tobago’s annual ASATT Maracas Bay Open Water Classic: 750m – 12 & Under – Male 1 Aqeel Joseph – Tidal Wave Aquatics 2 Aaron Bankay – Tidal Wave
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cameron Keith, a 15-year-old vision-impaired swimmer from Australia, knows patience. When he did his first marathon swim from Green Island to Yorkey’s Knob, a suburb of Cairns, in Australia, his swim was cancelled due to strong winds. He had to wait nearly 2 weeks for a decent shot at
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Three’s a charm in Windermere. The historic Windermere Cross Lake Swim was first organised in the 1920s by the Windermere Swimming Club. In 1974, it was taken over by Troutbeck Swimming Club. Then in 2014, Troutbeck Swimming Club handed the event over to Chillswim to organise. “Chillswim are proud
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Photo courtesy of RRAD photography.. The open water swim season will start in the Eastern Cape on 19 October 19th at Marina Martinique in Jeffreys Bay. “The Marina is regarded as a world-class swim venue with its protected salt water canals offering swimmers an environment that is safe from
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Gerry Rodrigues [shown on far right in white] headlined the open water swimming symposium hosted by the Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad & Tobago as part of the annual ASATT Maracas Bay Open Water Classic. Rodrigues, a former world record holder and veteran ocean swimmer, gave a presentation entitled
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