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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Deborah McDonald who directed and produced the documentary film 50 year old FRESHMAN about International Masters Hall of Fame Open Water inductee, Suzanne Heim-Bowen of San Francisco, was awarded the Best Sports / Outdoor Feature in the 2012 Indie Spirit Film Festival in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The well-received film about the open water legend heading […]
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When we learn about and report all the different open water swimming training sessions, expeditions, camps, events, races solo swims, relays and stage swims around the world, whether short or long, warm or cold, in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere, in the mountains or in the tropics, pro or amateur, we marvel at the ingenuity
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The Snapping Tortuga is getting bigger and better. The early-season event drew a competitive field of swimmers including 2011 Ironman Korea champion Balazs Coske (pictured on left) who was the overall 5 km winner with a finishing time of 52:13. His female counterpart on the victory podium was 2008 Olympic Trials qualifier and former University of
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In a continuation of the You’re Going To Do What?!? series, the following is another true story regarding the marathon swims of teenage Mackenzie Miller of Honolulu, Hawaii. Father: Hey dear, I just heard about this thing called the Triple Crown of Open water Swimming, and having done 2 of the 3 swims, I’d like
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International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer Peter Jurzynski has set the bar for Americans who wish to repeatedly swim the English Channel. Over the course of 31 trips from his native Massachusetts across the pond to England, Jurzynski has made 20 attempts and 14 successful crossings, more than any other American. As he
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Marcos Díaz returned to New York City, for another international humanitarian effort on behalf of the United Nations. Díaz participated in discussions, meetings, proposals and decision-making by the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development last week. Together with Bonian Golmohammadi, the Secretary-General of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, Natasha Despotovic, Executive Director of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the same way that athletes swim 2.4 miles in the Waikiki Roughwater Swim or 1 mile in the Great Swims, athletes are correctly credited with the shortest straight-line tangent when they do any kind of open water swim, even if they swim crookedly or are pushed by tides,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Australia’s Men’s Health Magazine gave a great title to this photo about Olympic 10 km Marathon Swim medal contender and 2-time Olympian Ky Hurst: Ky’s The Limit. It is. Because great things are in store for the outstanding waterman from Australia. Hurst will undoubtedly be an even more formidable
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A mother-child relationship never quite changes. When a mother carries her child for 9 months, bears the toll of childbirth (especially in the pre-epidural anesthesia era), and spends countless days caring for that child through infancy, childhood and adolescence, the feelings of love, nurturing, protection and guidance are profound and constant while disappointment, worry and
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Tim Murphy, the Ulen-Brooks Endowed Coach for Harvard University men’s Swimming and Diving and the 2012 USA Olympic Swim Team open water coach, discusses the new Endless Pool and he incorporates it into his team’s training and Olympic medal favorite Alex Meyer‘s rehabilitation. While concerns were initially raised when Meyer crashed on his bicycle and
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