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Steven Munatones recalled, “I have swum many times in Okinawa, the southernmost prefecture of Japan. The archipelago is near Taiwan. The waters are beautiful and challenging with hundreds of islands, some uninhabited and each dotted with coral reefs. The longer swims included a 29 km circumnavigation around Yonaguni Island in Okinawa with hundreds of hammerhead […]
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Greatness, however defined, is the quality of being great, distinguished, or eminent. “When I think of great open water swimmers, certain names immediately come to mind,” says Steven Munatones. “In history, there were people like Lord Byron, Captain Matthew Webb, Gertrude Ederle, Duke Kahanamoku, Alick Wickham, Robert Dowling, and Annette Kellerman. In the latter half
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Mayank Vaid Pioneers The First HK360Xtreme Challenge Courtesy of Shu Pu, Hong Kong. Mayank Vaid, a Hong Kong-based intellectual property lawyer, had to dig deep, very very deep over the weekend when he became the first person to complete the HK360Xtreme Challenge, the first triple-stage circumnavigation triathlon around Hong Kong Island. The HK360Xtreme Challenge is
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Join Colin Hill, Jaimie Monahan, Alice Dearing At 2020 Kendal Mountain Festival Courtesy of Colin Hill, Kendal, Cumbria, UK. The 2020 Kendal Mountain Film Festival showcases outdoor adventure films and, this year, guest speakers like Jaimie Monahan, Alice Dearing and outdoor swimming session leader Colin Hill with Outdoor Swimmer Magazine. The Outdoor Swimming Session is
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Hooker Glacier Swimming With Fenwick Ridley Courtesy of Fenwick Ridley, Hooker Glacier, Mount Cook, New Zealand. Fenwick Ridley, an extreme swimmer from New Zealand is shown above swimming in Hooker Glacier, one of several glaciers close to the slopes of Aoraki / Mount Cook in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Copyright © 2008 –
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Marcos Vinicius Zamboni Fraccaro Completes Travessia do Leme ao Pontal Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After a long period of interruption due to the pandemic, the Travessia do Leme ao Pontal returned. 35-year-old Marcos Vinicius Zamboni Fraccaro completed the 36 km from Leme to Pontal in
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Maratona Aquática Released By Diogo Zoppi Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 34-year-old swimmer, coach and triathlete Diogo Zoppi wrote Maratona Aquática. Das Piscinas As Aguas Abertas O Guia Definitivo Do Treinamento Para Nadadores E Triatletas. With 267 pages and 15 chapters, the book in Portuguese helps educate coaches, swimmers and triathletes about training in
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Silvia Dalotto-Marcó On The Historia de la Academia Olímpica Argentina Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Silvia Beatríz Dalotto-Marcó competed in 50 races on the professional marathon swimming circuit for 7 years and is currently serving as the Director de Proyectos at Comité Olímpico Argentino. Dalotto-Marcó
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Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. One of the most fabled and historic marathon swims in the world, the Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli has always attracted the world’s best swimmers. Over its history, great professional marathon swimmers including John Kinsella, Claudio Plit, Petar Stoychev, Veljko Rogošić, Paul Asmuth, Alfredo Camarero Yuri
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global and WOWSA Live. Note: Spanish in the video is translated as “I am Don Julián – and I will accompany Toño (Antonio Argüelles) on his crossing“. 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.
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