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Harry Kemp, an American writer known as Poet of the Dunes, floated the idea of an open water swim between Provincetown and Plymouth, symbolically celebrating the historic bond between the First Landing Place and the First Colony. Kemp promoted a 20-mile swim called the American Channel Swim from Provincetown to Plymouth to remind people of […]
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The Irish Long Distance Swimming Association (ILSDA) will be honored by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame at the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Long Beach, California on September 22nd. The ILDSA will join a select number of other world-renowned organizations in the Hall of Fame: Traversée Internationale du lac St.-Jean, British
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In the afterglow of the Olympic Games, the 2nd annual Bridge To Bridge 14k marathon swim got underway. From Henley to Marlow, 176 swimmers including four-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington took part and traversed 3 locks and 4 food stops along the course. 100% of the starters finished as the participants swam in pods
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Héroes y heroínas de las maratones de natación se reunirán en el Queen Mary en Long Beach, California, Estados Unidos, para la Ceremonia Internacional Anual de ingreso en el Salón de la Fama del Marathon de Natación, la Conferencia Mundial de natación de aguas abiertas y los premios Mundiales de natación de aguas abiertas del
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Hope were raised…and exceeded at the first FINA World Junior Open Water Championships in Welland, Canada last week. 130 swimmers from 31 countries gathered near Niagara Falls to make their own splashes as they debuted on the international open water stage. Following in the footsteps of Olympians Thomas Lurz and Angela Maurer, Germany’s young talent
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Shelley Taylor-Smith was the first female referee in the Olympic marathon swim. She was on the dock during the men’s 10km race in the Serpentine. Despite the pressure of the world’s greatest sporting spectacle, everything went smoothly. “There were just 5 yellow cards (warning) and no red (disqualification) cards given. During the men’s race, I
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Extreme swimmers, ice swimmers, channel swimmers and marathon swimmers seem to have thick skin. While they explore the outer boundaries of what is physically possible, these aquatic adventurers apparently truly have thick skin. Bryan Finlay of Solo Swims of Ontario recalls, “In my experience, there is a particular feature of some ultra-marathon swimmers that I
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In a country where baseball reigns supreme, Marcos Díaz has created a buzz and unique niche for the open water swimming world. He has traveled the world competing in professional marathon swims and amateur swims from Hong Kong to Turks & Caicos. He has given speeches and clinics on 5 continents, and met numerous local,
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Kathryn Mason was not slated as one of the favorites going into the Irish Long Distance Championship 17 km & The National Championship 17 km (Swim Ireland) in Lough Erne, but she gave an excellent performance nevertheless. The longest open water swim on the Irish calendar got longer…to 26.4 km as a test. Swimming through
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He chased gold medalist Ous Mellouli in the Serpentine at the 2012 London Olympic Games, but two-time Olympic medalist Thomas Lurz was being chased in the annual 16km Faros Maratón in the Adriatic Sea from Stari Grad to Faros, Croatia. And no one caught him as he completed the 16 km race in 3 hours
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