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Tokyo Olympics Faces Force Majeure, Postponement Courtesy of WOWSA, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. It seemed inevitable that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were in jeopardy when Tokyo was an early hotspot in the coronavirus (COVID-10) pandemic in January – February. European countries and the United States were seemingly much safer back then and talks […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jonathan Goldsmith is a model who is featured in “the world’s most interesting man” ad campaign that first began appearing in the United States in 2006. The fictional hero of the Most Interesting Man in the World Dos Equis beer campaign has a number of fanciful and fabricated talents
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Adventurous Life Well Lived, Thomas Burgess Courtesy of WOWSA, English Channel. “Any fool knows that of all [English] Channel swimmers only Burgess has an earthly chance of getting there,” said a Dover escort pilot. “I have seen all the best of them, good, bad, and indifferent, including Montague Holbein, Jabez Wolfe, and Heaton; but Burgess’
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Due to pool and gym closings worldwide during the pandemic, Vasa is experiencing an extremely high demand for Vasa swim training products.
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FINA’s COVID-19 Advice Courtesy of FINA, Lausanne, Switzerland. FINA is the governing body of aquatics that includes global responsibilities to sanction the following: * FINA UltraMarathon Swimming Series * FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series * FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier * World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships * FINA World Aquatic Championships (5 km, 5
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#stopolympics Picks Up The Pace Courtesy of USA Swimming, Colorado Springs, Colorado. When U.S. President Trump called Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last week Friday, senior Japanese government spokesman Naoki Okada said, “The prime minister said firmly that he wanted to win the battle with coronavirus and make this summer’s Olympics a success.” There are
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With new restrictions being increasingly implemented around the world, including a lockdown in California and Italy, swimmers are finding them increasingly isolated in their homes and communities – with no real understanding of how long they will be in quarantine, in a lockdown or in a shelter-in-place community. Movies set in the open water or
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Wash Your Hands to this H-O-M-E-S Sing-Along Courtesy of Madhu Nagaraja, GLOW Adventures, Coronation Beach, Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Meghan Callon of Swim Drink Fish employee, created this Great Lakes Guide song just for a rendition of Great Lakes and washing hands. Madhu Nagaraja of GLOW Adventures explains, “Due to coronavirus, social distancing has been advised
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The Most Expensive Mile on the Planet Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Southern Ocean, Antarctica. Ger Kennedy came up with the concept for the Antarctica 2020 swimming expedition in November 2016. He launched the expedition in the public domain in March 2017. Kennedy explains, “My idea from the beginning was to bring a bunch of ordinary
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Swimmers Heading Home And In The Ocean As strictly controlled lockdowns are being replicated from city to city and country to country, swimmers around the world are finding their pools are being closed. While the average open water swimmer is not necessarily impacted with a closure of their local pool – because they can always
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