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The tentative dates for the 2013 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix Series are shown below. The FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix is a year-round global series of professional marathon swims, ranging from 15 to 88 kilometers in length. Its shorter equivalent is the FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup that is limited to […]
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The Faros Maratón Swim, also the Croatian International Long Distance Swimming Championships, is a 16km race from Stari Grad to Faros in Croatia. It is organized by the Croatian Long Distance Swimming Federation that was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honour Organisation in 2011. The competition developed over the
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Graham Barratt was the first person to swim Lake Bala butterfly 3.25 miles across the lake at the age of 33 in 1992 in a time of 1 hour 47 minutes and was the first individual to swim across the lake breaststroke two ways 6.5 miles in 1988. The former swimming coach and teacher still
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Hendrik Meerman is an American pool and open water swimmer from California who became the 57th person to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming yesterday. He completed the English Channel in 2006 in 13 hours 12 minutes, the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 2011 in 8 hours 24 minutes, and the Catalina Channel
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Penny Palfrey is a risk-taker. She accepts risk and understands that failure is part of the open water swimming equation. She set off on two of the riskiest swims possible, on opposite ends of the extreme spectrum within several weeks of each other. It was a high-risk proposition, but if anyone could pull it off,
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The family, friends and fans’ support of the Olympic marathon swimmers was overwhelming in London. Many groups were colorfully outfitted in specially designed shirts or hats, and many wove their country flags in support of their favorite athletes. There was Team Lurz of Germany, And Team Kida of Japan, And Team Mellouli of Tunisia, And
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The 25 men competing in the Olympic marathon swimming 10km final today will barrel into the finish that was designed and created by Omega Timing. The finish pad has an electronic timing and high-speed cameras to measure and record the time and placing of the athletes. The Open Water Gate sits upon two massive floats,
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The Olympic marathon swim is being filmed from many different angles and is an improvement over the television production of open water swimming from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. One innovation that is being used at the Serpentine is the use of the CableCam. The CableCam is often used in land-based sports that are played in
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Another gorgeous day in London for the men’s Olympic marathon swim. Julien Sauvage of France is excited and positioned themselves early at the Serpentine to cheer on their hero at today’s Olympic marathon swimming final. Girlfriend Laura is excited and a little nervous, but is very proud of him regardless of the outcome. Laura’s parents,
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Alex Meyer is a member of an exclusive club: Olympic athletes from Harvard University. The Harvard graduate will be #20 in today’s Olympic marathon swim final starting at 12 noon GMT. The race should be blazing fast. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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