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The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF) website is now available in English, Spanish and Portuguese. The IMSHOF site will also soon be made available in Italian, French, German and Japanese. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame was established in 1961 to recognize the marathon swimmers throughout the world and governed by an […]
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The Olympic marathon swim and the Olympic marathon swim both showcase some of the best and fastest endurance athletes in the world. While the marathon run has a long history and (the men’s race) is featured on last day of the Olympic Games, the marathon swim was introduced at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in a
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FINA made its ruling on the controversy over the marathon swimming finalists. As a result, Benjamin Schulte of Guam accepted the invitation to compete in the Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km. Coached by Dennis Cotterell and Brian King on Gold Coast of Australia, 16-year-old Schulte will not only be the youngest swimmer by more than a
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About a month shy of her 50th birthday, Australian marathon swimmer Penny Palfrey is in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with her team. The intrepid swimmer and her escort team are about to set off on their greatest journey to date: Cuba to Florida. She calmly answered a variety of questions about her 103-mile (166 km) swim,
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With the intense rays of the sun piercing the skies above and being amplified by the seas around Key West, the participants in the annual FKCC Swim Around Key West used a variety of skin care creams and gels. Photo of Blue Men Joshua Ashley from Jacksonville, Florida and Rob Kent from Ontario, Canada at
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The Big Richard is the world’s longest and most competitive beach run + ocean swim biathlon. The brutal coastal biathlon, fashioned after the Mega is organized by Long Beach waterman Matt Mitchell and held in Southern California from the surf-pounding Wedge in Newport Beach (shown on left) to the majestic Queen Mary in Long Beach
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Katie Rowe Turning Swimming In A Career In Hollywood Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Katie Rowe is a former world-class swimmer from Long Beach, California. Whether she found herself at the beach, in the surf, on a pool deck or racing between the backstroke flags, Rowe cuts a eye-catching figure. The all-around waterwoman turned
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Alexandra Paul is a prolific Hollywood film and television actress and activist. She also has a love of marathon swims in tropical waters. Sh has done marathon swims in Fiji (19 km), Bonaire (10 km), Maui (9.6 miles) and Key West (12.5 miles) between her television hosting and film appearances. Spending so much time in
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Anna Wardley successfully completed her solo swim around Portsea Island in 7 hours 20 minutes yesterday to become the first person to complete the 21-km (13-mile) route. The 13°C (55°C) waters in one of the UK’s busiest harbours invigorated the British adventurer, “[The Five Island Swim Challenge] was absolutely amazing and I couldn’t have hoped
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“I think all swimmers have a love-hate relationship with the sport,” says 7-time Olympic medalist Amanda Beard. “But these days I probably only hate it 5% of the time, which is good.” Beard is gearing up for her fifth consecutive Olympic Games, if she can qualify for the USA Swimming Team at its upcoming Olympic
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