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Clarence Giles Swim 3 Days Straight On The Yellowstone River Courtesy of WOWSA, Yellowstone River. Clarence Giles was a 45-year-old livestock auctioneer who completed the longest distance covered in a continuous open water swim way back in 1939. He traversed 463.5 km (288 miles) from Billings to Glendive in the state of Montana swimming, floating, […]
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Who Will Follow In The Wake Of Richard Weinberger? Courtesy of WOWSA, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. Swimming Canada was hoping for a repeat of Richard Weinberger‘s bronze medal 10 km performance at the 2012 London Olympic Games in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Not only are there questions whether or not the Tokyo Olympics
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Bill Goll, Marathoning Pioneer & Hall Of Famer Courtesy of WOWSA. William “Bill” Goll, born about 1908, finished second in the 1930 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim to kick-start an illustrious career where he carved a niche as a true pioneer in the sport of marathon swimming. Goll was posthumously inducted in the International Marathon Swimming
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Daina Bouquin, Stephen Rouch Win 25 Butterfly At Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival Courtesy of Phil White and Ginny Peck, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont, U.S.A. The 6th Annual Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival was held in a two-lane, 25-meter pool cut in the ice in Lake Memphremagog in Newport, Vermont. 30-year-old Daina Bouquin and 35-year-old Stephen Rouch won
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When Pools And Open Water Are Not Available Courtesy of WOWSA, Seal Beach, California. Dr. Lyle Nalli and his masters swimming group in Seal Beach started to miss their early morning workouts because all the pool and fitness gym are closeds due to the coronavirus pandemic. With the local pools closed and the recent rains
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Darran Cusick Becomes An Iron Iceman Courtesy of Ram Barkai, International Ice Swimming Association. Darran Cusick competed in the IISA Ireland 1k National Championships and swam in Team Global Tridents, a 35 km relay with Christine O’Brien, Lauren O’Malley, Dominic Mudge, Louise Darlington and Francie Haughey across the North Channel, and completed the Ironman Barcelona
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Ger Kennedy Completes Polar Zero Ice Mile Courtesy of Antarctica 2020, Paradise Bay, Antarctica. During the Antarctica 2020 event, Irishman Ger Kennedy completed a Polar Zero Ice Mile in 0.5ºC water and 2.0ºC air temperature in Paradise Bay, Antarctica in February 2020. Copyright © 2008 – 2020 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Open Water Swimmers Who Take Action Courtesy of Lily Moy, Southern Ocean, East Antarctica. Lily Moy is a 15-year-old high school student scientist and competitive swimmer interested in biology and specifically clean ocean initiatives, wildlife animal preservation, and global environmental protection. She looks to others for inspiration and guidance as she follows her passions. Lewis
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International Ocean Film Festival Postponed In San Francisco Courtesy of International Ocean Film Festival, San Francisco Bay, California. For the time being, some Americans are still going to theaters in order to watch movies, but that may change in due course. That policy has already impacted the International Ocean Film Festival. Currently scheduled for March
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Being Safe During Channel 7 Port to Pub Courtesy of Channel 7 Port to Pub, Leighton Beach, Fremantle to Rottnest Island, Western Australia. The Channel 7 Port to Pub with Hotel Rottnest is an ocean swimming event in Perth, Western Australia on March 21st that demands its challengers to cross the iconic Rottnest Channel. The
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