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Christof Wandratsch Sweeps IISA Great Britain Championships

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Christof Wandratsch Sweeps IISA Great Britain Championships Courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association, Sandford Lido, England. Christof Wandratsch won the 1000m freestyle event at the 2020 International Ice Swimming Association Great Britain Championships on February 22nd, less than 3 seconds over James Leitch in the Sandford Lido. Then the German star went on to finish […]

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The Cheerios Effect In The Open Water

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The Cheerios Effect In The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “Occasionally, I run into clumps of seaweed and bunches of trash or plastic in the ocean,” says Steven Munatones. “It is more often than not that I swim into a clump of something rather than a solitary piece of trash or single

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Pavlína Nováková Wins IISA Polish Championships – Silesia Winter Swimming 1K

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Pavlína Nováková Wins IISA Polish Championships – Silesia Winter Swimming 1K Courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association, Katowice, lake Szlomiok (Dolina Trzech Stawów), Poland. The IISA Polish Championships – Silesia Winter Swimming 2020 event was held at Katowice in Lake Szlomiok (Dolina Trzech Stawów), Poland where the water temperature was 4°C. Pavlína Nováková won a

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Prabhat Koli Getting Closer

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Prabhat Koli Getting Closer Courtesy of Sally Minty-Gravett, MBE, Cook Strait, New Zealand. Throughout his teenage years, Prabhat Koli has achieved success time after time after time around the world, from his native India to the Africa continent to California, Hawaii and Japan, building friendships along the way with the Who’s Who of marathon swimming.

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Movie Night Before The La Jolla Cove Swim

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Movie Night Before The La Jolla Cove Swim Courtesy of Element 8 Productions. Three California swimmers were featured in a documentary film, appropriately called Driven. Channel swimmers Fiona Goh, Cherie Edborg, and Evan Morrison are the featured swimmers in Driven, the brilliant documentary film by Ben Pitterle and Brian Hall of Element 8 Productions. Driven

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Swim For Rivers In South Africa

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Swim For Rivers In South Africa Courtesy of Catherine Ritchie, Bronkhorstspruit River, Gauteng, South Africa. Growing up on a Free State farm in South Africa, Andrew Chin learned the value of water – and its impact on survival – at a young age. Early in his career he worked in rural development, where he experienced

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Prabhat Koli On The Verge Of The Oceans Seven

Prabhat Koli On The Verge Of The Oceans Seven Courtesy of Sally Minty-Gravett, MBE, Cook Strait, New Zealand. 20-year-old Prabhat Koli is just one channel swim away from completing the Oceans Seven. His coach Sally Minty-Gravett, MBE reported from Wellington, New Zealand as she and Prabhat are getting ready for his attempt of the Cook

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Swimming Around Africa

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Swimming Around Africa Courtesy of OpenWater Africa, Lake Malawi, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Following in the wake of Lewis Pugh (9 hours 52 minutes in 1992, Dr. Otto Thaning (10 hours 5 minutes in 1992), Abigail Brown (9 hours 45 minutes in 2010), Milko van Gool (8 hours 46 minutes in 2013), Kaitlin Harthoorn (9

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The New Stillwater 8

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The New Stillwater 8 Courtesy of Michelle Macy, Portland, USA. Oceans Seven swimmer and Hall of Famer Michelle Macy announced the new and improved Stillwater 8. Macy first announced the solo marathon swimming challenge across 8 different lakes around the world in 2011. With the input and advice of Evan Morrison and other marathon swimmers,

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J’ai Fait Dakar-Gorée

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J’ai Fait Dakar-Gorée Courtesy of AFP and Aljazeera, Gorée Island, Dakar, Senegal. Gorée Island (Île de Gorée) off the coast of the Dakar, the capital city of Senegal, is known as the location of the House of Slaves (French: Maison des esclaves). The House of Slaves was built between 1780–1784, but is now a tourist

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