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2020 Greek Open Water Swimming Grand Prix Results Courtesy of Ioannis Kotsiopoulos, Athens, Greece. Ioannis Kotsiopoulos has competed in marathon swims around the world, from the English Channel to Egypt, Argentina, Croatia, Hungary and many throughout his native country of Greece. He manages the marathon swimming club called Leandros and Greek Open Water Swimming Grand […]
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Ram Barkai Announces New Freedom Swim Wave Series In South Africa Courtesy of Ram Barkai, Freedom Swim, Cape Town, South Africa. Ram Barkai, founder of the International Ice Swimming Association and long-time race director in his hometown of Cape Town and around the world, recently launched the new Freedom Swim in South Africa. The Freedom
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Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Susanne Guesdon Courtesy of Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Chris Guesdon and Gary Toner announced Susanne Guesdon as a member of the inaugural Class of 2020 in the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. They explained, “Susanne Guesdon is a versatile Australian marathon swimming administrator. She has
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Reviving The Race To Prince’s Bridge Courtesy of Yarra Swim Co, Melbourne, Australia. The inaugural 3-mile Race To Prince’s Bridge started in 1913 when 44 swimmers dove into the Yarra River and raced from the Old Twickenham Ferry to the Prince’s Bridge in the heart of Melbourne, Australia. As early as 1929, more than 100,000
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Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Roger Bruce Courtesy of Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Chris Guesdon and Gary Toner announced Roger Bruce as a member of the inaugural Class of 2020 in the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. They explained, “Coach Roger Bruce is Australian Swim Team coach number number 51
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2020-2021 International Winter Swimming Association Calendar Courtesy of the International Winter Swimming Association. Winter is coming and so is the International Winter Swimming Association season that will open in Jelgava, Latvia on November 7th. This season the International Winter Swimming Association events will not have World Cup status because many of international swimmers are not
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Penny Palfrey, a mother of three and a grandmother of one from Townsville, Queensland, Australia, committed to the Bridging The Cayman Islands in June 2011 in the Cayman Islands after failing at completing two attempts of swimming from the islands of Oahu to Kauai in the state of
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. The culmination of the 6th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships on July 23rd 2010 in lac Saint-Jean near Roberval, Québec, Canada was a classic 25 km mano-a-mano dual between Alex Meyer and the then reigning 10 km and 25 km world champion Valerio Cleri of Italy. Meyer
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Kamil Resa Alsaran of Turkey recently achieved the very rare Original Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming at the age of 59 with a 28 km 13 hour 9 minute crossing of the Bristol Channel in the UK at the age of 59 in 13 hours 9 minutes.
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David Conradie Completes A Fastnet Rock Crossing Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 54-year-old Irish swimmer David Conradie described his adventure on September 10th, “Sometimes it takes a legend to trigger the spark of inspiration. Like many, at the end of the spring I emerged from lockdown fat and unfit. I’d pretty much abandoned the
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