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Diana Nyad’s first attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida was in 1978 when she swam over 41 hours covering 76 miles before she was pulled out. Then, after a long career in journalism and television where she traveled the world and covered the Olympics, she returned to the sport in 2010. She garnered a […]
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Demonstrating commitment, determination and showmanship, David Blaine explains how he learned and practiced to spend 17 minutes underwater without breathing. © 2012 Daily News of Open Water Swimming “to educate, enthuse, and entertain all those who venture beyond the shoreline“ A World Open Water Swimming Federation.
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The 41-mile Round Jersey military relay race is on. A small flotilla of military teams will challenge the elements in August under the guidance of Sgt. Mike James, a specialist physiotherapist from the Royal Air Force, Colonel Rob Healey of the Army, Major Hamish McCarthy, and the Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club vice president Charlie
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On her fourth attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida, Diana Nyad is pulling out the stops. On her support team, there are four jellyfish imaging specialists from the world-renowned Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts. “We have a variety of visible and invisible photographic imaging equipment that can detect jellyfish in the water,” explained
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Diana Nyad’s swim from Cuba to Florida will be covered in detail by her online social media team. Her team during the swim will connect with the outside world through a KVH Industries Satellite Internet System. The system has a gyroscope antenna with three gyros that allows the system to immediately adjust for any movement
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More than 130 swimmers from 31 countries are meeting in Welland (Ont., CAN), host of the first-ever international youth-dedicated open water swimming competition – the FINA World Junior Open Water Championships – taking place from August 16-19, 2012. The competition program includes three events and competitors are divided in two age groups: 14 to 16
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Niek Kloots and Richard Broer reported at Openwaterswimming Europe that the Dutch Ladies First (Margot Stenveld (23), Desirée Emmen (19), Janneke Harmsen-Bakker (35), Jasmijn Ruijgrok (18), Gemma Middendorp (31) and Linda Hoogendam (28)) broke the recently set record by an American team by more than 30 minutes (18 hours 22 minutes vs. 18 hours 59
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The Global Open Water Swimming Conference is part of a three-day open water swimming extravaganza will offer 2 award ceremonies, book signings, an open water swimming safety panel, a marine artwork exhibition, inspirational and educational presentations by luminaries of the sport, and open water swims that replicate the Olympic Games triathlon swim leg and the
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Snapping Tortuga launches the Bale of Tortugas on November 10th will feature DIY Olympic marathon swim in Lake Conroe, Texas. Swimmers can compete in a 4-person 10 km relay or swim solo for 10 km. The Snapping Tortuga Swim Series Race Director Tim Floyd said, “With more and more people taking to the open water
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Existential angst, malaise…physical duress…sensory deprivation…swimming in fogged goggles…the majesty of the ocean…trip the mind fantastic…the sport is a microcosism of life itself… Diana Nyad can eloquently describe her swims like few others…in English, German, Spanish… Before she began on her latest quest to swim from Cuba to America, she asked herself, “How do I spend
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