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From the days of Johnny Weissmuller to the era of Michael Phelps, American swimmers have frequently risen to the occasion at the Olympics. Over 60% of the athletes do their lifetime bests in the most pressure-packed swim meet of their lives. How do these athletes handle this pressure? By swimming as a team and enjoying […]
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Prior to 1964, there were only two relay teams that successfully crossed the English Channel: the Rotherham Neptunus Swim Club that went from England to France in 11 hours 20 minutes in 1950 and the Folkestone Swim Club that went from France to England in 14 hours and 57 minutes in 1954. Then, beginning in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 27 solo swimmers and 9 relays took part in the second annual Portland Bridge Swim in Oregon. An army of volunteers, many of whom were witnessing their first swimming event, were introduced the sport of open water swimming at the 11-mile downriver swim under all 11 bridges on the
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H2Open Magazine is running an Olympic discount special for new digital subscribers. Take advantage of this one-time deal running through midnight GMT on July 29th by the world’s only open water swimming specialty magazine. “A joy to read, I look forward to every issue,” says Steven Munatones, Editor-in-Chief, Daily News of Open Water Swimming. “The
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There is something primordially satisfying and profoundly enriching by swimming from Point A to Point B: there is the start, the struggle in the middle and the celebratory finish. But the journey begins well in advance of the start and continues well past the finish. A swim involves not only the physical preparation, but is
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An experienced team with thousands of solo swimming miles under their caps set a new record today in the Pacific Ocean. The six-member team of Tina Neill (captain), Forrest Nelson, Emily Evans, Steve Lowe, Kent Nicholas, and Mike Mitchell set a new course record of 25 hours 48 minutes today off the coast of Southern
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Kerri Kanuga (Canada), Alex Harling (Great Britain), Andrea Roach (Canada) and Elizabeth Berns (Great Britain) did a simultaneous double crossing of Cayman Brac Channel in the Cayman Islands on July 21st. It was the first time this stunningly gorgeous 9.76-mile (15.7 km) channel has been completed as a two-way crossing. The quad swam from Cayman
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With the Olympics getting ready to start in London, Keri-Anne Payne spoke to the Telegraph about jellyfish and the Olympics here. When asked about the perils of open water swimming, she explained about one terrifying experience, “…in Melbourne in 2007 at my first World Championships…in St Kilda just off the beach. There were thousands and
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Hercules Troyden Prinsloo is a man on a mission. 25 of the fastest swimmers in the world at 10km will be battling each other in one of the toughest events at 2012 London Olympic Games. The field is arguably the strongest ever assembled in the history of the sport… …and a buff, beefy man named
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Acclimatization has never played such a role in Olympic athletics since the 1968 Summer Olympics were held in the high-altitude of Mexico City. But Cecilia Biagioli of Argentina has had her work cut out for her. Training in warm temperatures in extremely warm-water pools (nearing 30°C), Biagioli swam well, finishing fifth in the 2011 World
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