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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Two-time Olympian Brian Ryckeman of Belgium and Lenka Sterbova of the Czech Republic won their respective divisions at the 45th Jarak-Šabac Marathon Swim (Plivački maraton Jarak-Šabac), a 19 km event along the Sava River in Serbia. Race director Vojislav Mijić reports, “From the beginning, there were up to 9 […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 13-year-old Abi Tripp, 17-year-old Nick Streicher, 17-year-old Michelle Sempowski, 17-year-old Natasha Dobson, 18-year-old Harley Bolton, 21-year-old Natalie Lambert, 23-year-old Jenna Lambert, and 53-year-old Vicki Keith were disappointed once before when their planned 305 km west-to-east lengthwise crossing of Lake Ontario was postponed in July (The Great Lake Adventure). Days
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. David Dawson had an unexpectedly great day. Dawson became the first New Zealander to cross the 21.6-mile Loch Lomond. The 12 hour 21 minute traverse in Scotland on August 12th was a fundraiser for the Rotorua Community Hospice where Dawson raised more than $8,000. Chris Sifleet of Swim4miles recalls
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Adam Walker needed a change. Seven years ago, the former British water polo player found himself selling toasters and kettles. Deep down inside, Walker knew that life was more than meeting sales quotas for kitchen appliances. A swim across the English Channel and then subsequent swims across the Strait
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Milo McCourt gives a time check for Eleven Feet relay member David Burke in the North Channel.
The Eleven Feet relay’s Jacqueline Galway takes over in the sixth hour for Barry Patterson in the North Channel.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Japanese government is preparing a new curriculum for its primary, middle and high schools across the country. Beginning in the 2020 academic year, just in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the government is stressing the importance of maritime education. As part of those changes and additions,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Elena Guseva of Russia is one of the most prolific – and earliest – ice swimmers in history. Her joy and ability to swim in water below 5ºC apparently knows no boundaries. Most recently, she participated in Matías Ola‘s International Winter Swimming Festival Argentina where she was able to
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Story of the downstream Bridge to Bridge Swim courtesy of Tom Kean. Photo courtesy of Katia Vastiau at the 14.1 km swim from Henley on Thames to Marlow during the tail-end of Hurricane Bertha. While most of the UK’s population spent Sunday morning tucked up indoors avoiding the tail end of Hurricane Bertha, 450 people
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Sharon Van Rouwendaal, winner of women's 10 km by lentv 200m backstroke is considered to be a very tough event among pool swimmers. The race demands a lot of endurance and is extremely tough on the legs. Which is what Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands went to during the second half of the 10
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