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Dionne Caldwell (shown together with Don Caldwell on left) shows her teammates, neighbors and friends how to live young and fitful. The 80-something-year-old from the Novaquatics Masters (NOVA) Team in Irvine, California beat dozens of younger swimmers at the Don Burns 1 Mile Ocean Swim in Corona Del Mar, California, finishing in 34:05 on a […]
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Barbara Held has always been driven and set the highest standards for herself. In her youth, she became the first female firefighter in the city of Los Angeles, California. In her retirement, she set about to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. One of the crew members of Penny Palfrey’s Cuba attempt, Held
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The men and women in the Olympic marathon swimming 10km finals finished in a custom-designed finish created by Omega Timing. The finish pad has sophisticated electronic timing and cameras. Copyright © 2012 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Decades ago, society and surfers could never imagine wearing neoprene wetsuits, as they did not exist. Since 1872, swimmers have been attempting to cross the English Channel in the same manner: nothing that may aid a swimmer’s speed, buoyancy or heat retention is allowed. No wetsuits, webbed gloves, paddles or fins. There are few sporting
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21-year-old Payne Montgomery of Stanford won the 2012 U.S. Masters Swimming 1 Mile National Championship in Lake Lure, North Carolina. He was followed by two 40-somethings Chris LaBianco and Chris Stevenson. Marianne Countryman topped the women’s field by a comfortable margin. But Dr. Edgar Ole Larson, the former Appalachian State University swimming coach, who may
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Petar Stoychev didn’t take long to remind the marathon world has good he is. Stoychev won the BCT Gdynia Marathon in Poland by 2 minutes over rival Trent Grimsey. The English Channel record holder and 4-time Olympian won the 18 km sea swim from Hel to Gdynia in 3 hours 51 minutes. American Christine Jennings
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From Anacapa Island near Santa Barbara to Gdynia in Poland, open water swimmers have been complaining of jellyfish stings. The encounters are running amok throughout the Pacific and the Atlantic, from the Caribbean to the Sea of Japan as swimmers around the world posted pictures of their stings on all kinds of social media. But
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Olympic gold medalist Larisa Ilchenko got married this past week to fellow Russian Olympian Sergey Perunin. The 8-time world champion was unbeatable in major international championships from her debut in Dubai in 2004 as a 16-year-old to her dramatic victory at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Her trademark finish, The Ilchenko, was a killer sprint
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South African Wayne Soutter‘s swim across the English Channel in 2010 was only a warm-up for his latest exploit, an unprecedented 17km (10.5 mile) crossing from the Mull of Kintyre on extreme west coast of Scotland to the Antrim coast in northern Ireland. The 43-year-old who lives in London started from the tip of Kintyre
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