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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
“Even monkeys fall from trees,” so says the old Japanese proverb (猿も木から落ちる). So despite Stephen Redmond‘s many successes in the North Channel, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait, Fastnet Rock, Strait of Gibraltar, Molokai Channel and English Channel, his track record is not perfect. But that is the nature of open water swimming and the inherent risk […]
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It makes sense: the individuals who are optimally positioned to understand the effects of pollution in the world’s oceans are open water swimmers. Completely enveloped in the increasingly polluted marine environment, open water athletes swim into pollution, taste it, smell it and see it all the time. Their skin is exposed to it, they absorb
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American Olympian Alex Meyer majored in Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. That is a deep academic field that he devoted himself to at one of the world’s most preeminent institutions of higher learning. His professors and department fundamentally asks themselves and inquisitive students like Meyer the question, Why are humans the way we are?
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in the English Channel swimming history in 1985, Suzanne Heim-Bowen did a 10 hour 11 minute crossing. 17 people successfully crossed the English Channel that year including some speedy crossings by Philip Rush who did a two-way crossing in 17 hours 56 minutes, Paul Asmuth who did two
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Thousands of competitive adult swimmers descended upon Riccione, Italy for the 14th FINA World Masters Championships. 45 heats took off in separate waves on the triangular course with an in-the-water start and finish. The event was held over two days on June 16th and 17th due to the tremendous interest in the 3 km open
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Thousands of competitive adult swimmers descended upon Riccione, Italy for the 14th FINA World Masters Championships. 45 heats took off in separate waves on the triangular course with an in-the-water start and finish. The event was held over two days on June 16th and 17th due to the tremendous interest in the 3 km open
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In 2003 the world’s elite had a tremendously competitive world championship race in Barcelona in an eye-catching urban setting. The men’s 25 km race was particularly close where race officials took nearly an hour to determine the gold, silver and bronze medalists in a photo finish between Petar Stoychev, David Meca and Yuri Kudinov. On
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The open water is a magical place. Lakes can be tranquil, oceans can be alluring, channels can be inviting. But, from the perspective of a single swimmer, the open water can also become suddenly turbulent and immediately troubling. Flip on a switch and channels turn to a lumpy mess that is impossible to cross for
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As the world goes round and the coastal areas of the globe get increasingly crowded, it is fascinating to learn how passionate people are bringing open water awareness and the joy of swimming to the next generation. From Bruckner Chase in Amerika Samoa and Shane Gould in Fiji to Nejib Belhedi in Tunisia and Saka
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On August 9th, Keri-Anne Payne and 24 other Olympians will race 6 loops around the Serpentine. The next day, Thomas Lurz, Spyros Gianniotis and Ous Mellouli will race each other and 22 other men to stand on the Olympic podium. These two 10 km races will be broadcast to a global television audience. In many
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