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Dr. Sean Gottschalk, the Race Medical Officer of the Lighthouse to Big Bay Swim, gathered data on the 10.5 km swimmers before and after the swim in 13°C water in order to help assess cases of hypothermia. “The intention is to grow this database in order to increase safety and knowledge in the sport of […]
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Two-time world champion and Olympic silver medalist Keri-Anne Payne, the cover girl of the elite open water swimming world and the odds-on favorite to win a gold medal in the Olympic marathon swimmer, is an intelligent open water swimmer who has demonstrated one of the highest navigational IQs in the sport … and she demonstrated
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimming has a growing number of epicenters around the world. Traditional cities like Sydney and New York, and traditional locations like Serpentine and Aquatic Park are well-known, but there are also new centers of excellence and popularity. Ireland is one of those emerging global centers. Events, training
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For the tens of thousands of athletes who have enjoyed the Flowers Sea Swim in the Cayman Islands during the first two decades of its existence, it comes with no surprise that Jonathan Knott for the Guardian Newspaper has rated the stunningly gorgeous warm ocean swim is one of the Top 10 Swimming Holidays in
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Before there was a wild explosion of wild swimming, open water safety experts Dan Graham and Gabby Dickinson were exploring marine nature all over the world, both competitively and casually. Observing, learning and doing, the pair established Gone Swimming to enable others to enjoy the North Wales that they obviously do in the Anglesey, Snowdonia
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At Jamie’s Swim Camp 2.0 at Hidden Valley Lake in California, there will be channel swimmers (English Channel, Catalina Channel, Tsugaru Channel, Cook Strait, Strait of Gibraltar, Maui Channel, Kaulakahi Channel, Cayman Brac Channel), marathon swimmers (Great Salt Lake, Lake Tahoe, Windermere, Lake Biwa, Five Lakes of Mount Fuji, Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, Tampa Bay
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Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara says Japan’s government will buy a group of islands in the East China Sea that are claimed by both Japanese and Chinese governments (see report below). Back in 1987, Lynne Cox made swimming and political history when she swam between Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede Island in Russia.
A slim waist…ripped muscles…a smiling face… and Big Shoulders. The epitome of the ideal aquatic athlete. Blue skies…blue water…a soaring skyline… and Big Shoulders. The epitome of an open water swim. Big Shoulders is one of the world’s top 100 open water swims, Founded in 1990 by local Olympic champion Bill Mulliken, Big Shoulders has
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The Lake Ontario Swim Team (L.O.S.T.) will host the Masters Swimming Canada 10k National Championship and the 5th Annual 3.8 km L.O.S.T. Race along the scenic shore of Lake Ontario in Old Oakville. Rob Kent explains, “It is a point-to-point race that passes some of the most beautiful estates and waterside parks in Canada and
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The European Open Water Swimming Cup in Eilat will showcase some great mid-season racing this weekend. While Germany will send its younger team, the British and Russians will be sending their top guns to Israel on May 18th. Keri‐Anne Payne, the 2009 and 2011 world champion and the odds-on favorite in the Olympic marathon swim,
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