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Mariel Hawley became the 61st person and first woman from Mexico to achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with her Catalina Channel crossing in 11:27 this week. “I was so happy to see that [friend] Laura [Lopez-Bonilla] finish that my confidence grew,” explained the member of Sport City, the four-way English Channel relay. […]
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The open water swimming world and the channel swimming world have certain conventions that have been developed over time. One fundamental premise that mostly everyone adheres to is: Pay to Play. That is, whether a swimmer participates in a short coastal swim on a beach or an English Channel swim, the swimmer pays for that
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The Waikiki Roughwater Swim is back for its 43rd edition. The classic swim from the foot of Diamond Head to the Hilton Hawaiian Village was started by Jim Cotton and his Waikiki Swim Club colleagues back in 1970 (shown below) and has grown with the sport. Olympians, world champions, actors, teachers, police officers, doctors, drivers,
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As the summer comes to an end, thousands of people want to get in and participate in an open water swim. Some may be less experienced, overweight and under-trained. And usually more motivated to simply make the swim from start to finish rather than aiming for an award or being competitive. In those cases, stand
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On September 5th, Mark Bayliss will step into history. He will attempt the Enduroman Arch to Arc from London to Paris where he will start with an 87-mile run from Marble Arch in London to the shores of Dover. Then, unlike anyone in the history of the Enduroman, he will lube up with Channel grease
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Vintage footage of classic open water swims will be shown at the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference and the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame ceremonies on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California on September 21st and 22nd. Professional races in Lake Michigan by Ted Erikson (shown on left) and Greta Andersen where
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Ram Barkai and Juliette Ball announced the 3 events of the Freedom Swim Series: The series is for the “mad ones who can’t resist an opportunity to get wet, cold, tired and elated,” explained Ball. “For the upcoming swimming season we are going to run three main events.” 1. Brain Curtis Mile – after 14
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The Great Fjord Swim takes place in the deep clear 14/15°C waters of Ireland’s only fjord, Killary fjord, on October 13th. Killary Harbour is a 16km-long fjord sandwiched between mountains to the south and north located in the West of Ireland in the heart of Connemara which forms a natural border between counties Galway and
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Christine Jennings took out the 18km BCT Gdynia Marathon in Poland with the top men Petar Stoychev and Trent Grimsey, hanging near them for the first 5km in the jellyfish-strewn coastal course. But the American still had Polish Olympian Natalia Charlos on her feet. Jennings’ coach Eney Jones keep pushing her, the personable Charlos was
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When Wayne Soutter successfully crossed from the Mull of Kintyre on extreme west coast of Scotland to the Antrim coast in northern Ireland, his success brought up an issue: where exactly is the official North Channel and where is the official course? Soutter’s swim from Mull of Kintyre to Ireland is a 11-mile crossing across
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