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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
I have participated in, planned, volunteered for, and organized hundreds of open water swimming events around the world…in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. But there was no local official as supportive and enthusiastic about open water swimming than Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand. He joined in planning meetings, he reviewed the race courses, […]
Say It Isn’t So…The Passing of The Incomparable Bill Brand Read More »
2-time Olympic gold medalist Maddie Musselman and her channel swimming husband Patrick Woepse are navigating his rare form of lung cancer as she continues to train for the Paris Olympics
Maddie Has Got Pat’s Back…And Vice Versa Read More »
Who will still be swimming in the open water during the year 2050? Probably many of the same people who are swimming now.
Centenarians In The Open Water – Predictions for the Future Read More »
Adherbal de Oliveira reported on a successful 36 km Travessia do Leme ao Pontal off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from Leme to Pontal, by Spanish marathon swimmer Margarita Llorens Bagur (“Tita Llorens“). Llorens is among the world’s elite marathon swimmers. She is a Marathon Swimming Mentor, president of the Canal de Menorca
Tita Llorens Completes the 36 km Travessia do Leme ao Pontal Read More »
Przemysław Gorczyca won both the 50m and 100m breaststroke races at the IISA 1st European Championship held in Oradea, Romania last week.
The documentary film about André Wiersig of Germany tells of his story behind his achievements of the Oceans Seven.
Documentary About The Oceans Seven Journey by André Wiersig Read More »
World Aquatics assigns a number of officiating responsibilities to referees from around the world at the 2024 World Aquatics Championship in
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Thank You Very Much – Officiating Open Water at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships Read More »
The Australian team of Moesha Johnson, Chelsea Gubecka, Nicholas Sloman, and Kyle Lee won the 4x1500m mixed relay by 0.2 seconds over the Italian team of Giulia Gabbrielleschi, Arianna Bridi, Gregorio Paltrinieri, and Domenico Acerenza on the last open water event at the 2024 World Championships
Logan Fontaine and Marc-Antoine Olivier go 1-2 in the men’s 5 km World Championship race to set themselves up for the 2024 Paris Olympics marathon swim.
Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands won both the 5 km and 10 km World Championship titles to set herself very well leading up to the 2024 Paris Olympics