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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Linda Kaiser, one of the most prolific Pacific Ocean channel swimmers in the world, explains, “I remember popping a few Coca-Colas the night before a swim to diffuse the fizz. That’s what I used, de-fizzed Coke. We hadn’t figured out that we could tie a string to the water […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One things that swimmers like to talk about is how extreme the conditions they have to face in the open water. The water temperature might feel really cold, but the thermometer never lies. The distance might feel very long, but the true straight-line
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 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
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Poliana Okimoto is one of the living legends of open water swimming, who has always been a fan favourite. World champion and Olympic bronze medallist Brazilian star aims at achieving some more good results at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Balatonfüred. “I didn’t like open water swimming. I
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Matthew Moseley set off to a 76.4 km (50-mile) 3-day swim between four islands in the Caribbean Sea called the Swim Across The Caribbean. His first leg, a 4-mile swim from St. John to St. Thomas was trouble-free as he finished in 2 hours 16 minutes feeding on electrolytes,
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Courtesy of Swimming Australia, Lake Balaton, Hungary. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of Swimming Australia, Lake Balaton, Hungary. MELVERTON MAKES A SPLASH WITH SEVENTH PLACE IN MAIDEN OPEN WATER RACE SWIMMERS JUNIOR DOLPHINS SWIM PARENTS CLUB + COACH OFFICIALS + VOLUNTEERS AUSTRALIAN DOLPHINS NEWS CENTRAL EVENTS SHOP News Central / Melverton makes a splash with seventh place in maiden open water race MELVERTON MAKES A SPLASH
Courtesy of TRISWIM, Newport Beach, California. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Messinian Gulf Open Water Swimming Marathon For any further swimming beyond the double marathon i.e. more than 60 km, each additional 30 km course shall be charged by an additional fee of 500.00 € and shall be paid by the submission of the application. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bodensee-longitudinal crossings: First Crossing on 22.07.2013 by Christof Wandratsch / D placement Surname Minutes / kilometer Time Std: Min Actual swim distance date water temperature 1 Christof Wandratsch / D 18: 36.6 20:41 66.670 kilometers 07/22/2013 The average temperature is 23 ° C. 2 Bruno Baumgartner / CH 21: