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The Remarkable Life And Career Of Otto Kemmerich By Erik Eggers

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The Remarkable Life And Career Of Otto Kemmerich By Erik Eggers Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Otto Kemmerich, born in 1886, was a visionary and adventurous open water swimmer from Husum/Nordfriesland, Germany who swam many of his marathon swims unescorted. He was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 1968 […]

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Deaxo Croes, Davy Bisslik, Romar Arendsz, Wendy Kock-Croes, Stephan Thijsen Swim From Venezuela To Aruba Following In The Wake Of Roly Bisslik

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Deaxo Croes, Davy Bisslik, Romar Arendsz, Wendy Kock-Croes, Stephan Thijsen Swim From Venezuela To Aruba Following In The Wake Of Roly Bisslik Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Courtesy of Francisco Goedgedrag and Deaxo Croes, Aruba. In 1975 coach Roly Bisslik started a swimming team with a few friends and his family on his

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Michael Gregory Talks About Paying It Forward On WOWSA Live

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Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Australian Michael Gregory talks about his marathon swimming career on today’s WOWSA Live. Since 2010, Gregory has swum across Loch Ness, four times across the English Channel, the Catalina Channel, eight times across the Rottnest Channel, and various other swims from 60 km in Port Phillip Bay to

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Sioban Lowe Transitions From The Pool To The Open Water

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Sioban Lowe Transitions From The Pool To The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sioban Lowe from West Kerry, Ireland, started her open water swimming journey during the 2020 lockdown of COVID 19. “For the last five years, I have been using the Skellig Hotel warm pool for my water therapy sessions and

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Antonio Argüelles Training and Traveling from Acapulco To La Jolla

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Antonio Argüelles Training and Traveling from Acapulco To La Jolla 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 2021. Argüelles, who last week did some hard hours of training in the warm

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Viola Valli Honored By The International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame

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Viola Valli Honored By The International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Viola Valli was elected as an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in the Class of 2021. Viola Valli won two major titles: the 10 km race at the 2003

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Jen Schumacher Talks Swim 22 Across The Catalina Channel On WOWSA Live

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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. The Swim 22 Team included Jen Schumacher, Michael Vovk, David Hartmire and Chris Dahowski. It was an audacious plan devised by Dahowski. The 129.2 km four-person, four-way channel swimming relay – called a Contiguous Solo Crossing Relay – presented a logistical challenge. The four-person Contiguous Solo Crossing Relay

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