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Steve Minaglia Does His 19th Channel Crossing With Friends Courtesy of Stefan Reinke, Kaulakahi Channel, Hawaii. On August 8th, the same day that Stefan Reinke, Bill Goding, Lectie Altman, Marcus Guttmann and Ryan Leong Guttmann completed a group 27.3 km tandem swim of the Kaulakahi Channel from Kauai to Ni’ihau in 11 hours 38 minutes. […]
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Ala Moana Beach Swim Club Crosses Kaulakahi Channel With Calvin Photo courtesy of Bonnie Leong. Report courtesy of Stefan Reinke, Niihau – Kauai, Hawaii. On August 8th, 5 swimmers from the Ala Moana Beach Swim Club completed a 27.3 km tandem crossing of the Kaulakahi Channel from the Hawaiian islands of Kauai to Niihau. Bill
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Professor Will Dichtel Sets Record Overnight For Chicago Skyline Swim Courtesy of Marcia Cleveland, Lake Michigan, Illinois. Will Dichtel is one very intelligent swimmer. And the 41-year old knows the open water. He is the Robert L. Letsinger Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University and 2015 MacArthur Fellow, which recognized his invention of materials that
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Lewis Pugh Interviews Shark Champion Achmat Hassiem Courtesy of Lewis Pugh Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town lifesaver and Paralympic medalist Achmat Hassiem lost a leg to a Great White Shark. Lewis Pugh interviewed him and shared his remarkable story here.
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Epic Lake Swim From Wisconsin To Michigan Courtesy of Jim Dreyer, Mighty Mac Swim, Lake Michigan from Wisconsin to Michigan. Jim Dreyer, the Executive Director of the Mighty Mac Swim, completed a solo mid-lake crossing of Lake Michigan in 1998. 22 years later, he was able to welcome six more swimmers of a mid-lake crossing.
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairman Ned Denison interviewed fellow Hall of Famer Herman Willemse on today’s edition of WOWSA Live. In his WOWSA Live interview, the 86-year-old Dutch superstar – one of the most renowned marathon swimmers in the world and member of the inaugural class
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Hall Of Famer Barry Watson Passes Away Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairman Ned Denison interviewed fellow Hall of Famer Barry Watson on the May 9th edition of WOWSA Live. “Barry was so engaged talking about his life in the water,” said Denison. Watson was sponsored by
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Nejib Belhedi Swims 40 km From Great Kuriat To Sousse Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 69-year-old Nejib Belhedi completed his first marathon swim shortly after emerging from the COVID-19 lockdown. Yesterday in his native Tunisia, Belhedi walked into the Mediterranean Sea on Great Kuriat Island, swam 40 km under escort boat pilots Hamza Batbout
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Gertrude Ederle Ranked Among History’s Most Fearless Women Courtesy of Simon Whistler of TopTenz 3-time Olympic medalist, 5-time world record holder, and the first female English Channel swimmer Gertrude Ederle was listed as #9 in the 10 of History’s Most Badass Women by Simon Whistler.
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Marilyn Bell is a dual inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Swimmer in the Class of 1967 and in the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Open Water Swimmer in the Class
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