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If Something Is Worth Doing, It Is Worth Overdoing Courtesy of New York Open Water, Hudson River, New York. Photos by Nathaniel Johnston. New York Open Water is organized and run by David Barra, Rondi Davies, and Alex Arévalo. In the midst the recovery from the COVID-19 lockdown, the trio tirelessly to offer marathon swims […]
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairperson Ned Denison interviewed Russian world champion and Olympian Aleksey Akatyev (Alexei Akatiev or Алексей Акатьев) on today’s WOWSA Live. The 46-year-old was a world-class pool and marathon swimmer who was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 2009.
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So Looong For 2020 – Sun Sets On The Double Roughwater Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While the open water swimming and channel swimming calendars in Europe and elsewhere around the world are gaining steam after the lockdowns of 2020, the United States is still largely without any established events that have continued for
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Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. “Cold, there is nothing like it in the open water. Cold water is hard to enter, it is hard to endure, it is hard to recover from,” observed Steven Munatones. “Then there is ice swimming – or swimming in 5°C or lower water temperatures. This is in an
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Swimming Fast In Desert Heat Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Guaymas is a coastal town in the Mexican state of Sonora. It is located 389 km from the southern U.S. border and sits on the Sea of Cortez and the western edge of the Sonoran Desert. It has 117 km of beaches, lots of
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El Tiburón Tabasqueño: Strong, Humble, Inspirational Courtesy of the Sam Rockett Collection. Damián Píza Beltrán led an interesting and inspirational life. Not only was Píza the first Mexican to cross the English Channel in 1953, swimming in 15 hours 23 minutes at the age of 35, but he also competed twice in the 1954 and
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David Alleva Wins 1989 Atlantic City Around The Island Swim On the morning of August 13th 1989 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, David Alleva had a good suspicion that he was going to have a good race in the Around The Island Swim. The 25-year-old from Indiana University following in the wake of fellow Hoosier
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Rough, Rough Waters In The 1993 Swim Across The Sound Courtesy of Bill Rock Productions. Bill Rock Productions documented the 1993 Swim Across the Sound, a charity swim starting in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The top professional marathon swimmers in the world including David Alleva, Diego Degano, Karen Burton, Shelley Taylor-Smith, Silvia Dalotto, Marian Cassidy, Claudio Plit,
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Diego Degano, Christof Wandratsch And The Elite Race In 1992 Swim Across The Sound Courtesy of Bill Rock Productions. Bill Rock Productions documented the 1992 Swim Across the Sound, a charity swim starting in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The top professional marathon swimmers in the world including David Alleva, Paul Asmuth, Diego Degano, Christof Wandratsch, Karen Burton,
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Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Ned Denison, chairperson of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, discussed his participation in the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli, at the invitation of fellow Hall of Famer Luciano Cotena, on today’s WOWSA Live. Copyright © 2008 – 2020 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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