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Melissa Gorman from Australia and Kane Radford from New Zealand may have not realized their Olympic dreams in London, but they both have 10,000 reasons to believe their future remains bright as a result of today’s world-class performances in northern California. Gorman and Radford defended their titles at the 2012 RCP Tiburon Mile in San […]
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One of the most fascinating topics at the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Long Beach, California will be the discussions on how to get
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. This week during her swing through Asia in a number of public announcements, speeches and diplomatic discussions, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged the governments of the area to up its diplomacy and downplay its aggressions. With all kinds of simmering debates and conflicts over territories, rock outcroppings and
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American moved residences a lot and frequently change careers and positions relative to other societies. A mobile society living on a large land mass, the pioneering spirit and entrepreneurial drive are fuels that help boost the American economy in good times and in bad. Millions of individuals of all ages and abilities seek their own
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It is commonly held that human DNA takes much time to evolve and change. The concept of epigenetics challenges this assumption. Epigenetics is the study of how the environment and behavior affect our genes during our own lifetime. According to this theory, if you swim and maintain a healthy life, your genes of your offspring
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With more and more people jumping into the open water community as the world’s bodies of water continue to become more polluted, it is inevitable that more and more problems will occur as a result of more swimmers training and competing in the open water. Most swimmers simply do not address the potential problems, but
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Seven swimmers will be taking to the waters of Lake Memphremagog tonight to swim 25 miles across the length of the lake, starting at the stroke of midnight In Search of Memphré. In Search of Memphré is an international cross-border marathon swim on Lake Memphremagog from Newport in the state of Vermont, U.S.A. to Magog
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Gold Medal Mel (aka Mel Stewart) is incomparable. His artsy, edgy, unconventional coverage of all things aquatic has turned SwimSwam into a visibly dynamic online juggernaut. As as athlete, Gold Medal Mel was the same. His performances, his stature and the ambiance he created turned heads and garnered attention. As an NCAA, world and Olympic
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Although SwimSwam reported that funding was recently cut for the American open water swimming program and that American swimmers are angry and frustrated, we are certain that the future for the elite swimmers during the 2016 Olympic quadrennial is increasingly bright and financially rewarding. While the American swimmers will have to pay for their coaches
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