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When open water swimming race directors are faced with unseasonably high air and water temperatures, they are wise to consider modifying their race to maintain high levels of safety standards. While FINA does not have any specific rules on extreme temperatures (either cold or too warm), experienced race directors understand the risk, especially when over […]
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Emma Otto-Moudry was blazing fast in shattering the 17.5-mile Ederle Swim course record from Sandy Hook, New Jersey to Manhattan Island in a time of 4 hours 38 minutes yesterday. The previous record was held by Evan Morrison in 5 hours 24 minutes. NYC Swim organized a record attempt based on favorable tides that the
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Alexander Studzinski won the 25 km German National Open Water Championships last week in 5 hours 15 minutes. “We had to go faster than a 5:20 in order to qualify for the European Open Water Swimming Championships. So I had to push a bit right from the start. The course was a 1.25 km loop,
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Hercules Troyden Prinsloo from Durban, South Africa qualified for the Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km in London and is considered one of the darkhorses for a podium finish on August 10th in the Serpentine. A 2008 Olympian in the 1500m freestyle and 2011 graduate of the University of Georgia in the United States, Prinsloo shifted over
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Among the 8,809 Openwaterpedia entries and 2,495,760 page views of people, products, places, services, coaches, pilots and events, below is the current list of the 50 most popular online searches in Openwaterpedia. Openwaterpedia is an online reference and research tool for the open water swimming community has entries posted in English, Greek, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew,
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Open water swimming stalwart Finbarr Hedderman updated the Munster (Ireland) Open Water Swim Calendar. The remaining events of this Irish summer season include: The date, distance, event name, location and contact race director are listed below. July 7th – 2.8 km Nick and Simone’s annual swim & BBQ – Glenbeg, Caherdaniel, Kerry – Nick Mulcahy
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Rondi Davies and Grace van der Byl became the first individuals to entirely complete the 193 km 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim, a stage swim 120 miles down the Hudson River in New York. Conceived by David Barra, the 7-stage swim began at the Rip Van Winkle Bridge near Catskill, New York and ends at
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While Dover, London’s Serpentine, New York’s Coney Island, Boston Harbor, Chicago’s Lake Michigan, Australia’s Perth and Melbourne, San Francisco’s Aquatic Park, California’s La Jolla Cove, Indianapolis, Connecticut, Canada’s Lake Ontario, Argentina’s Parana, Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach, Hawaii’s Waikiki Beach, and Ireland’s Sandycove are world renowned centers where marathon swimming heroes and heroines regularly gather,
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Sweden’s most prolific marathon swimmer Anna-Carin Nordin climbed up to #4 on the Oceans Seven list with her successful 12 hour 40 minute Catalina Channel crossing this week. Before the swim, she estimated that “it will take between 12 and 13 hours” and was right on with her own prediction. She has now completed the
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Andrew Gemmell is a chameleon. He switches gears when he needs to. He changes speeds with a purpose. He changes discipline depending on the opportunity. The best crossover swimmer in the United States, the former silver medalist in the 10K at the 2009 world championships and a gold medalist in the 5K Team Pursuit at
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