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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 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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Leonie Beck Wins FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series In Doha Courtesy of Ahmed Oukda and FINA’s Colin Hill, Doha, Qatar. Olympic and world champions kicked off the 2020 FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in the Arabian Gulf in Doha, Qatar today. 53 swimmers including 2016 Olympic gold medalist Sharon van Rouwendaal raced over the 10
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Marc-Antoine Olivier Wins FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series In Doha Courtesy of Ahmed Oukda and FINA’s Colin Hill, Doha, Qatar. Olympic and world champions kicked off the 2020 FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in the Arabian Gulf in Doha, Qatar today. 75 swimmers including 2016 Olympic gold medalist Ferry Weertman raced over the 10 km
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Getting Outside To The Open (Water) Courtesy of The Indoor Generation by VELUX. The Indoor Generation is an impactful campaign that succeeded in creating global awareness of how indoor environment affects people’s health and well-being. “The Indoor Generation includes all kinds of common scenes in people’s homes, but the film combines that will shocking and
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A Plastic Tide In A Synthetic Sea Courtesy of Sky Ocean Rescue and Sky News. There is an ongoing debate, occasionally fierce with both sides armed with information, among some American and Japanese citizens and organizations if climate change is real. But seeing is (often) believing, at least in the environmental world. It is easy
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Swim For Susan, A Spectacular Success Courtesy of
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Olympic And World Champions To Race In Qatar Courtesy of FINA, Doha, Qatar. Olympic and world champions will kickoff the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in the Arabian Gulf in Doha, Qatar this Saturday. Florian Wellbrocks, Ana Marcela Cunha and Kristóf Rasovszky, Gregorio Paltrinieri, Haley Anderson, Ferry Weertman and Sharon van Rouwendaal [shown above after
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Eric Nilsson Breaks 1990 Record Of Bob Placak Courtesy of Chris Ottati, Pacific Masters Swimming, northern California. Video courtesy of Michael Poliskey at the 2017 Peaks to Portland Swim, Maine. Eric Nilsson has competed in many open water swim across the United States, from the Trans Tahoe Relay in California and the Hawaiian Christmas Looong
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Social Kicking, Getting A Leg Up On Catching Up Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While channel swimmers, distance swimmers and elite swimmers train exceedingly hard, pushing themselves lap after lap and mile after mile in the pool and open water, not everything in swimming has to be intense and challenging or excessive and extreme.
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