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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 4e étape de la Coupe du monde des marathons en eau libre FINA – or the FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup at the Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean week will be held today with 28 men from 12 countries and 18 women from 8 countries (see start […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Will Tomi Stefanovski pull off another major upset at the 60th Traversée internationale du lac St‐Jean this weekend? Last year, the oldest man in the field was also the fastest. Stefanovski showed the grit and stamina of men half his age. 25 athletes (16 men and 9 women) from
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It was another hot summer day and another beautiful day to cool off in the river. Air temperatures were sizzling, near 90ºF while the water was 81ºF. But the heat also coincided with a much more competitive field at the French Creek Racing‘s Tuesday Night Series #4 race in
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Courtesy of 4 News, Turks & Caicos. A 4 News report showcases Japan’s Yuko Matsuzaki‘s 21 km Swim Marathon Turks & Caicos in Turks & Caicos. She was escorted by pilots Greg Doolittle of Surfside Ocean Academy and Collin Gray of Shoreline Adventures in a swim organized by Ben Stubenberg. This swim was a direct
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Historical Revolution: The Feminine Code Of Achievement Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. What would have happened to Larisa Ilchenko, Keri-Anne Payne, Haley Anderson, Éva Risztov, Martina Grimaldi, and Angela Maurer if Shelley Taylor-Smith had not come around in 1991? In the era of Gertrude Ederle or Greta Andersen or Judith van Berkel de Nijs,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference will be held on September 19th – 21st at the famous Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute in Scotland. The programme will include a swim in Loch Lomond on the 18th, a Scottish banquet and dinner dance on the 19th,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Adam Walker
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Mother Nature acts normally in the Tsugaru Channel, tempestuous, turbulent, temperamental, it is best to throw mankind’s best at her. In a heavyweight bout, send in a proven battler. Offer up someone with plenty of guts and full of grit. An individual with the daring and the mindset
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Douglas McConnell, Managing Director of Vissant Capital Corporation, has very good reasons to keep swimming. McConnell is swimming to benefit the Les Turner ALS Foundation. “We are closing in in US$300,000 with all of the A Long Swim [that include his Tampa Bay Marathon Swim and English Channel crossing
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Today, word out of Scotland leaked out that Guy Moar of Melbourne, Australia completed a North Channel crossing in an unconfirmed time of 11 hours after landing in Galloway, Scotland. The conditions were good while Moar maintained a constant pace despite swimming through a sea fog that offered nothing
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