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Jamal Hill Heading To Newport Beach Courtesy of John Duarte, Newport Beach, California. Jamal Hill of Inglewood, California struggles with the degenerative disorder Charcot-Marie-Tooth – but not much else. The personable aquapreneur is a member of the USA Paralympic Swim Team and is looking forward to competing in the 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Paralympic […]
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Meenakshi Pahuja Honored For Her Achievements Courtesy of Ministry of Women and Child Development of the Government of India. Meenakshi Pahuja is an open water swimmer who has completed several marathon swims around the world from Florida, Texas and New York to her native India, Samoa and South Africa. She is also an Assistant Professor
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Lynton Mortensen Completes Australian Triple Crown Courtesy of Chris Guesdon, Derwent River, Tasmania, Australia. With his 11 hour 10 minute completion of the 34 km Derwent River Big Swim in Tasmania, Oceans Seven swimmere Lynton Mortensen notched another achievement in his open water swimming career. Sea Bull, as he is known, became the first person
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Jim Shalloo Joins The Half Century Club Courtesy of Louise Jane Charters, English Channel. With the help of Carol Cashell, Finbarr Hedderman, and his sons David and Robert, Jim Shalloo raised money and awareness for the Irish Cancer Society in his 10 hour 43 minute crossing of the English Channel. On 2 August 2019, he
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Claudia Müller (@claudia.guenter) completed an Ice Mile on January 19th 2020 in Burghausen, Germany in 28 minutes 59 seconds in 4.40°C water. She previously finished the 2014 Ironman Triathlon in Klagenfurt on the eastern shore of Lake Wörthersee, Austria. With her Ice Mile, the 49-year-old Müller is now an Iron Icewoman, the 8th in history
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Courtesy of James Loreto, Potomac River, Washington D.C. A popular marathon swim in America is the 17.2 km Portland Bridge Swim that runs through Portland, Oregon down the Willamette River. The course was pioneered by Marisa Frieder in 2010. The event then quickly started to take off in 2011 and became the longest stage of
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Sri Chinmoy Marathon Swim Half Century Club Members Courtesy of Vasanti Niemz, Lake Zürich, Rapperswil-Zurich, Switzerland. 9-time Sri Chinmoy Marathon Swim finisher Vasanti Niemz compiled a list of Half Century swimmers of the 26.4 km Rapperswil-to-Zurich course. Niemz completed the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Swim five times over the age of 50. The Half Century Club
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Giving Back In Key West, Florida Courtesy of Katie Leigh, Key West, Florida. Kayak Coordinator Katie Leigh for the Swim Around Key West is recruiting kayakers for the 44th Annual event that begins and ends on Smathers Beach in Key West, Florida on June 6th. She explains, “We are currently looking for paddlers to accompany
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Green Island Open Water Swim In Honduras Courtesy of Global Swim Series, Islas de la Bahía, Honduras. The Global Swim Series announced the 2020 Green Island Open Water Swim that will be held on June 14th. One of the World’s Top 100 Island Swims, the Green Island Open Water Swim offers 0.8 km, 2.5 km,
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Support Kate Steels En Route To The Ice Sevens Courtesy of Kate Steels, South America. Kate Steels is an Honor Swimmer in the Ice Swimming Hall of Fame. Steels says, “I love to swim wherever I can – in the sea, rivers, lakes and swimming masters in the pool, in the UK and abroad. I
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