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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Oceans Seven contender Darren Miller is most definitely Barraesque this calendar year. Besides working full-time as a private banker and raising over US$50,000 for Team Forever, Miller has completed the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco in 3 hours 44 minutes, crossed the Tsugaru Channel in Japan in 15 hours 55 minutes, raced the […]
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Michael Oram, Chairman of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation, issued the following official statement. It is with great sadness the Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation confirms the death an Irish swimmer whist attempting a solo crossing of the English Channel early this morning. Páraic Casey from Cork, Ireland began his swim at 9:13 am
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“I feel very passionately about many of the same things Fran did – obviously the safety thing, promoting the sport, inspiring younger kids. That gives a whole other level of meaning and purpose to my career,” explained Alex Meyer to Bonnie Ford of ESPN. In an advertisement in Sports Illustrated Magazine, NBC Sports Network hints
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American Dave Barra completed one of the most famous professional marathon swims in the world – the Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean yesterday in 12 hours 50 minutes. The prolific amateur from New York found out what many professional marathon swimmers have long known, “It was easily the toughest sweet water swim I’ve ever done,
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There are many tens of thousands of friends of the Descenso Ría de Navia…and for good reason. These swimmers – young and old, fast and slow – are part of history, taking part in one of the world’s greatest open water swims. The Descenso a Nado de la Ría de Navia (Navia’s Downstream Swim) in
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George Hunihan of Cross Channel Advisors in Milford, Connecticut tells of one of his work colleagues, “He won a gold medal in the 1972 Olympics on a relay with Mark Spitz. He told me that swimming the English Channel was more of a personal feat than getting on the [Olympic] podium. I have never been
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The members of the Half Century Club prove that some things do get better with age. Even if the weather does not cooperate. This year, 72-year-old George Thornton, a psychology professor at Colorado State University, wanted to become the oldest person to cross the English Channel. As he waited out the fickle weather, the professor’s
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They flew in the dark of night. Quietly they gathered on the shores of Lake Tahoe. Fully intent on winning the annual Trans Tahoe Relay, Joey Pedraza, Ridge Grimsey, Trent Grimsey, Codie Grimsey, anchor leg and team captain Peter Thiel and Alexander Studzinski kept their participation strictly confidential for they knew their competition was tough.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. From some people, Africa conjures up images of deserts and pyramids and wildlife. But the landscape ranges from the beautiful coasts of South Africa to the Nile plateau of Egypt, from the seaside in Kenya to the rivers in Gambia. It is a continent of extremes. Extremes made by
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On August 9th (women) and 10th (men) in the Serpentine in the center of London, 50 of the world’s fastest open water swimmers from 34 countries will showcase their talents and tenacity at the Olympic 10km Marathon Swim. They will inspire us and showcase the sport as never before. Their tactics will be analyzed, their
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