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When George Williams Sr. saw a general Facebook request from his former age-group athlete Lexie Kelly that her Swedish friend who is attempting the Catalina Channel next week needed a kayaker, he responded. And then he committed to driving 522 miles (840 km) from northern California to southern California with his kayak to lend a […]
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FINA formally announced the 25 female finalists who will compete in the Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km race at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. To the delight of Mexican fans and her coach Luis Miguel Chávez, Lizeth Rueda Santos replaced Cara Baker of New Zealand to fill out the final 25. Swimming New Zealand declined
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The stories of rivalries in the realm of sports are too numerous to recall. In the oceans, there are storied rivalries like Des Renford vs. Kevin Murphy as well as contemporary rivalries like Yuri Kudinov vs. Petar Stoychev in the English Channel, and Thomas Lurz vs. Spyridon Gianniotis at the world championships, as well as
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Deborah J. McDonald, Director and Producer of the feature documentary, 50 year old FRESHMAN: Suzanne Heim-Bowen, is two-for-two. The film about Heim-Bowen‘s obstacles and victories as a 50-year-old college swimming freshman has screened at two film festivals – and received awards at each. At the 2012 Indie Spirit Film Festival, McDonald won the Best Sports/Outdoor
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Escort pilots are the umbilical cord between the open water swimmer and safety. Without them, swimmers literally could not swim (straight) from Point A to Point B. They are the selfless, professional guides of the marathon swimming and channel swimming world. Below is a all-too-short listing of some of the more experienced pilots around the
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T.H. Palmer penned this poem that epitomizes Stephen Redmond‘s third attempt at the Tsugaru Channel coming up in July: ‘Tis a lesson you should heed, If at first you don’t succeed, Try, try again; Then your courage should appear, For if you will persevere, You will conquer, never fear Try, try again; Once or twice,
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Maarten van der Weijden, the eventual Olympic 10km Marathon Swim gold medalist, faced a huge decision before the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It had nothing to do with his strategy, his choice of hotel, his arrival date, his nutrition, how much to workout, when to taper, or when to do altitude training. Rather, his major decision
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Today is Penny Palfrey’s press conference in Havana, Cuba. Tomorrow morning, she sets off on a 103-mile (166 km) solo journey across the Florida Strait to Florida. The conditions she may face over the 40-60 hour swim – which appear quite favorable – are predicted as follows: The water surface temperature is expected to be
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“After the Olympic 10 km marathon swim is broadcast from Hyde Park at the 2012 London Olympics, the number of open water events and athletes will be poised to multiply like the global jellyfish proliferation that the oceans are currently experiencing,” predicated the Daily News of Open Water Swimming. “With more global exposure of the
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Among the global executive elite, the name Bob Dudley rings a bell as the Chief Executive Officer of British Petroleum. But in the hallways of Hinsdale Central High School in Illinois, Dudley is remembered as one of the top swimmers in a team that would eventually feature Olympic champions and world record holders and NCAA
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