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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Karen Smidt-Allard is one sharp aquapreneur with a clear vision of what products are necessary and desirable by swimmers and triathletes. Her original Foggle product, a popular anti-fog cleaning towelette sold by SBR Sports, is now rebranded as FOGGIES. FOGGLE was nominated for the 2012 World Open Water Swimming […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ahmad Hossien is the Syrian coach of Saleh Mohammad, a professional marathon swimmer who is competing in today’s 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy. Saleh is a frequent and respected competitor on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix and FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup professional
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Information courtesy of Gergely Csurka in Lake Balaton, Balatonfured, Hungary. Photo courtesy of Aniko Kovacs. Taylor Abbott went for it and never looked back during the boys (ages 15-16) 5 km race at the 2014 FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary. The young American raced out to the lead and
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Information courtesy of Gergely Csurka in Lake Balaton, Balatonfured, Hungary. Photo courtesy of Aniko Kovacs. With Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban looking on as the official starter of the 7.5 km race at the 2014 FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships, young Nikoletta Kiss made her Hungarian countrymen proud. Kiss won the junior girls
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jordan Waxman is a 50-year-old Canadian marathon swimmer who successfully completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming last month, the 98th individual in history to do so. Waxman completed a crossing of the Catalina Channel in 12 hours 51 minutes on August 19th under the auspices of the
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Information courtesy of Gergely Csurka in Lake Balaton, Balatonfured, Hungary. China’s Siyu Yan won the youth girls (ages 14-16) 5 km event on the opening day at the second FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Balatonfured where the next generation of open water swimming greats are racing in Lake Balaton, Hungary. Many of
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Information courtesy of Gergely Csurka in Lake Balaton, Balatonfured, Hungary. After FINA cancelled its second FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Eilat, Israel, the world’s next generation of great open water swimmers and their coaches started planning to visit Balatonfured and to compete in Lake Balaton in Hungary. The schedule is as follows:
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. He started as a pool swimmer, one of the finest Australia distance freestylers in his day. Then he added ocean races to his arsenal in his native Australia and around the world. He shifted gears and became one of the best professional marathon swimmers in the world. From winning
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Courtesy of Christiansborg Rundt, a 2 km open water swim around Christiansborg Palace where the athletes start in Frederiksholms Kanal, swim past the Black Diamond, continue along the waterfront, under Knippelsbro Bridge, past the Stock Exchange, Højbro Plads and Gammel Strand, and conclude in the Frederiksholms Kanal in Copenhagen, Denmark. Copyright © 2014 by World
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Karina Fassi is a gifted disabled swimmer from Argentina who was invited to compete in this weekend’s 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy. A remarkable individual, she has had operations on her disabilities. So she began to swim for rehabilitation and soon became passionate about the sport.
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