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Stephen Junk Discusses His Swimming Life On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Embryologist Stephen Junk lives on vineyard and a farm on one side and his home training venue of Greens Pool in Denmark, Western Australia on the other side. He has been swimming for much of his life from his […]
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OceanFit Podcasts Along The East Coast Of Australia Courtesy of Andre Slade, OceanFit. Andre Slade of OceanFit interviewed a number of ocean swimmers and personalities along the east coast of Australia in his just-released Onshore podcast: * Interview Snippet: Bay Open Water Swimmers (listen here). The Bay Open Water Swimmers (Black Rock Yacht Club Swimmers)
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Atina Bojadži, The Ohrid Dolphin Courtesy of WOWSA, Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia. Lake Ohrid is a lake nestled between the mountainous borders of North Macedonia and eastern Albania. A deep lake with a unique aquatic ecosystem with more than 200 endemic species, it is also near the birthplace of Atina Bojadži (Macedonian: Атина Бојаџи). Bojadži
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Roll On With Adam Skolnick Finding Purpose Courtesy of Rich Roll. Adam Skolnick is an American open water swimmer and an award-winning journalist who has written about open water swimmers Antonio Argüelles, Kimberley Chambers, the Deep Enders’ including Jim McConica, Tamie Stewart, John Chung, Theo Schmeeckle, Stacey Warmuth, Thomas Ball and Donald Stafford in the
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Doug Northway, An Unexpected Triumph In The 1984 Traversée Photo courtesy of Nasser ElShazly, lac St-Jean, Quebec, Canada. The 30th Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean on July 29th 1984 in Quebec, Canada had a collection of swimmers that included several with long, illustrious careers. But the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation-sanctioned race was led from
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Abhejali Bernardová Doing Much More Courtesy of TEDx Talks, Prague, Czech Republic. An increasing number of open water swimmers have been asked to give TED Talks and TEDx presentations. The speakers include Lewis Pugh, Diana Nyad, Maarten van der Weijden, Ori Sela, Vicki Keith, Dr. Peter Attia, Tim Ferriss, Angel Yanagihara, Ph.D., Maria Conceicao, Dr.
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Irene van der Laan Talks About Professional Marathon Swimming On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Irene van der Laan took a trip down memory lane covering various aspects and achievements during her prolific career on today’s WOWSA Live interview. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and International Swimming Hall of
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Goal Setting By Graham Coleman Courtesy of Graham Coleman, Ireland. Graham Coleman from Ireland was a swimmer as a child, but then he did not return to the water for decades. Back in 2004, he got back into the water and starting open water swimming to balance out his work at a software company. He
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Fort Myers, Florida. During the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championship, the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee member Sid Cassidy was the Chief Referee and was caught on tape giving a yellow flag to one of the swimmers. The process of blowing a whistle, giving hand signals to the athletes,
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A Life Well Lived By International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer Charlie Gravett Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame reported that one of its International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Contributors, Charlie Gravett of Jersey, passed away on July 6th (born 1943). IMSHOF
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