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Régent Lacoursière, l’homme de l’eau Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Canada’s Régent Lacoursière was a professional marathon swimmer who was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 1978 as an Honor Swimmer. Lacoursière was ranked 5th in the 1964 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation series, 7th in 1965, 5th in 1966, […]
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Courtesy of Christopher Guesdon, Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Today the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame announced 24 additional Honorees. These athletes are members of the Inaugural Class of 2020/2021. Christopher Guesdon who explains the background and history of the Hall of Fame, explained, “These swimmers and contributors are noteworthy in the sport.
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Watch Mayra Santos Do Longest Continuous Swim In A Counter Current Pool Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. This month, the Longest Continuous Swim in a Counter-current Pool has been extended for the fifth time in six years. Swimmers from Australia, Denmark, Japan, Spain and Brazil/Portugal has swum over the years to extend the
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Susan Simmons, Jasmine Kremer, Cheyenne Furlong-Goos, Drew Sabourin, Aly White, Ben Vanlierop, Dixon McGowan and Maria Sharock completed the 80 km 8-stage Great Big Swim in British Columbia and were nominated for the 2020 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year.
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Strong Together – Even Apart With Phil White At The Virtual Winter Swim Courtesy of Phil White, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. Phil White addresses the unprecedented coronavirus lockdowns with the creativity and camaraderie that he is known for. He explains about his Virtual Winter Swim, “In these grimmest of times, we have decided that our Memphremagog
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Bárbara Hernández Huerta, The Ice Mermaid, Crosses Lake Chungará At 4,560m Courtesy of WOWSA, Chungará Lake, Andes Mountains, Chile. Bárbara Hernández Huerta, known in Spanish as la Sirena de Hielo and in English as the Ice Mermaid, lived up to her name this past week. On November 28th, she completed 7.5 km high-altitude swim across
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. This year, Julian Critchlow (Honor Administrator from the UK), Neville Smith (Honor Administrator from South Africa), Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli (Honor Organization from Italy), Gabriel Chaillou (Honor Swimmer from Argentina), Ronnie Wong Man Chiu, BBS, JP (Honor Administrator from Hong Kong), Yvetta Tulip Hlaváčová (Honor Swimmer from the
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George Bovell Discusses How Health Is Wealth On Inside With Brett Hawke Courtesy of Brett Hawke of Inside With Brett Hawke. Brett Hawke interviewed Olympic medalist George Bovell who speaks profoundly and eloquently about the health and competitive mindset of athletes on the #111 episode of Inside with Brett Hawke. Brett Hawke is a popular
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global and WOWSA Live. Diary of a Double documents the year-long journey of Antonio Argüelles who will attempt a 67 km two-way crossing of the English Channel in July 2021 with escort pilot Michael Oram. This week he returned to Mexico from La Jolla Cove in San Diego, California to do paced
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Octogenarian Mermaid – The Darkling Air Courtesy of The Darkling Air. Octogenarian Mermaid is a single from the album ‘Ancestor’ by The Darkling Air. The track was written and recorded by British swimmer Rachel McCarthy who also filmed and edited the video of the mermaids Zoe Phenix McCandless, Helen McCourt, and Roberta Hagan (in order
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