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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. David Yudovin has a handle on things. His family knows. His friends know. His co-workers know. And the marathon swimming community knows very well. This past weekend, Yudovin of California was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame on the Isle of Bute in Scotland for his four […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Doloranda Pember reported that the documentary entitled Mercedes Gleitze: The Spirit of a New Age, produced by Clare Delargy of Delargy Productions of Northern Ireland, will be broadcast later this year on Foxtel’s Bio Channel (Biography Channel). It will first be shown in Australia and New Zealand. The documentary
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is traditional at International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF) induction ceremonies for a former honouree to give the ISHOF (red) or IMSHOF (green) sash to the current honouree. In the case of Dale Petranech who was inducted as an Honour
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kingdom Swim and open water swimmers from all over the nation joined donated US$2,755 for the North Country Hospital’s Patient Care Initiative Fund. 20% of adult registration fees at the Kingdom Swim supported the fund. Swimmers also participated in a raffle that included a slot in Kent Nicholas‘ S.C.A.R.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Serbia’sVojislav Mijić most graciously accepts the honors and accolades of his peers and friends in the global open water swimming world when he was inducted as an Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame on the Isle of Bute in Scotland yesterday. Mijić has spent four
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Mark Newman (UK), Michael Read (UK), Kevin Murphy (UK), Elizabeth Fry (USA), Ned Denison (Ireland), Jim Anderson (Hawaii), Dale Petranech (USA), Melissa Cunnigham (Aussie), Vijislav Mijić (Serbia), Steven Munatones (USA), Shelley Taylor-Smith (Australia), Sally Minty-Gravett (Jersey), Sandra Bucha (USA), Dr. Jane Katz (USA), and Chris Guesdon (Australia), all inductees
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Melissa Cunningham has a soft touch and a hard side. As one of the most knowledgeable and compassionate FINA Athlete Representatives in open water swimming history, Cunningham was always there for her fellow athletes. She knows their stresses and strains, their goals and obstacles. She was always available to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At 17, Sandra Bucha retired and went off to college at Stanford. One of the top freestylers in the world as a teenager, her competitive life in the pool was over. Or so she thought. But her coach Don Watson got her back into the swing of things by
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Tears of joy and heartfelt appreciation sparkled in the eyes of Elizabeth Fry when she was honored in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremonies today on the Isle of Bute in Scotland. Smiles and cheers from the knowledgeable crowd followed. It was a day of celebration
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pádraig Mallon received the 2013 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year award today at the 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. One of the very few people in history who did both an ice swim and a full Ironman Triathlon and
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