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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. James Jonsson will attempt to swim 38 miles in under 20 hours to raise money for a crowdfunding campaign for children with Autism. Jonsson will attempt an unprecedented marathon swim later this week at Bear Lake that borders of the states of Utah and Idaho. He refers to his […]
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Photo and results courtesy of Mike Lewis on behalf of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, Honolulu, Hawaii. Pre-race favorite Becca Mann came through as the locals and media predicted, but Kareena Lee of Australia pushed her. The pair had finished within 3 seconds of each other less than 24 hours earlier when they both had competed
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Photo and results courtesy of Mike Lewis on behalf of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, Honolulu, Hawaii. The Australian men dominated the 45th annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim again. Although they were pushed by Japanese Yasunari Hirai, at the end of the day, the watermen from Western Australia proved their speed, stamina and ocean knowledge too much.
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Up the River Downtown, a 10 km swim and paddle courtesy of Mike Pedigo.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Olympian Andrew Gemmell pulled out another impressive 10 km marathon swim win in Hawaii at the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships at Ulua Beach on Maui. Like his most recent victory at the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Southern California in June, Gemmell pulled away
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is not often that newspapers describe scandals in open water swimming events, but when they do, it is big news. At least locally. The newspaper covering the 39th 16 km Faros Maratón in Croatia published a lengthy article on the controversial second-place tie between Vlodymer Voronko of Ukraine
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The beautiful 2 km canal course of the Round Christiansborg Swim around the Danish Parliament Christiansborg starts in the harbour basin at The Black Diamond. This is the national library in the heart of the capital of Denmark where over 3,000 swimmers raced in the urban setting. The ninth
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 380 swimmers participated in the 31st edition of the Shonan Open Water Swimming (湘南オープンウォータースイミング”>湘南オープンウォータースイミング) event. The popular event includes a 10 km marathon swim from Zushi to Enoshima, a 2.5 km open water swim in Zushi Bay, a 2.5 km fin swim in Zushi Bay (mono fin and bifin),
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Olympian Haley Anderson pulled out a close victory over her American teammates Eva Fabian and Becca Mann and Australians Chelsea Gubecka and Kareena Lee in Hawaii at the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships at Ulua Beach on Maui. Like many of her open water victories over the years,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jacques Tuset took up the challenge laid down by Ned Denison and has now completed 5 Prison Island Swims. Some of the harshest incarceration of criminals in previous centuries was conducted on islands. Imprisonment to isolated islands was considered an effective way to remove incorrigibles from society. Banished to
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