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Recently, The Guardian reported that Stuart Hayes, a strong swimmer and cyclist, will help his more touted British teammates, Jonathan and Alistair Brownlee, during the 2012 London Olympics triathlon. While Hayes will serve as a domestique by leading the way for his teammates with strong swimming and biking legs, it is difficult to imagine the […]
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Pools play a large role in the training of most open water swimmers and triathletes. Up and down the black lines of chlorinated facilities around the world, the warm, calm waters of pools are as familiar to triathletes heading to Kona for the Ironman as they are to swimmers headed to Dover for the English
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International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame honouree Joe Grossman documented the history of the International Long Distance Swimming Federation, a group that briefly governed the emerging sport of professional marathon swimming in the 1960s. In April 1962, the International Long Distance Swimming Federation (ILDSF) published a magazine-like bulletin, printed in both English and Arabic. 9
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Swim Across America is, by far, the most successful open water swimming charity organization, having raised over $40,000,000 since its inception in 1987. And, its growth is continuing to steamroll upwards to the appreciation of its cancer research beneficiaries. “We had an incredible year last year, after coming off of 2010 with revenue growth of
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Tomasz Pąchalski reminds professional and amateur of the BCT Gdynia Marathon, a 18.5 km swim in Poland limited to 15 swimmers on August 26th. As one of the world’s longest open water swims, swimmers race from the Hel Peninsula to a beach of Gdynia for a prize pool of US$28,000 including two US$10,000 first prizes
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The marathon swimming world – and much of the Irish public – will be riveted to Stephen Redmond‘s courageous attempt to complete the Oceans Seven scheduled tonight at 9 pm GMT. He can be followed stroke-by-stroke by his GPS tracker here. Undoubtedly, Redmond will face the unexpected in his Tsugaru Channel attempt – facing cold
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With so much global interest in Stephen Redmond‘s Tsugaru Channel attempt today, the Daily News of Open Water Swimming thought it would link a few of its previous articles about the Tsugaru Channel. The least known of the Oceans Seven waterways, the 19.5 km Tsugaru Channel is a fast-flowing, rough channel sandwiched between the main
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Diana Nyad completed her 24-hour training swim today in St Maarten in the northern Caribbean Sea in her custom FINIS protective swimsuit to shield her from the venomous box jellyfish. It was not an easy training swim as Nyad explains here. While Penny Palfrey is training on Grand Cayman and put in 100 km (62
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PowerBar, the giant leader in the American energy bar market, has finally entered the open water swimming market. The PowerBar Open Water Swimming Championships is organized by Birkirkara St. Joseph Sports Club in Malta. Edward Caruana Dingli (26:18) and 2-time Olympic medalist Saho Harada (30:17) from Japan won the 2 km race around four 500m
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The Ghana Swimming Association will host its first National Open Water Swimming Championship next week on June 19th, starting at Chorkor Beach and finishing at James Town Beach (shown below). The western African country whose means Warrior King will hold its national championships in the following age groups: 14-16, 17-18, 19 & over in 5
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