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Reino von Wielligh, Samantha Kruger Fastest 16 Milers In Midmar Courtesy of WOWSA, Midmar Dam, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The 16 Milers of the aQuellé Midmar Mile each raise 20,000 South African rand for charity. Their goal was to swim 8 miles on each day of the 2-day open water swimming festival in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. […]
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Robyn Kinghorn Takes Top Honors At aQuellé Midmar Mile Courtesy of Karien Jonckheere, Midmar Dam, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. 23-year-old Olympian Michelle Weber has been competing in the aQuellé Midmar Mile in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa since she was 11. The last time that Weber won the aQuellé Midmar Mile was in 2016, the same year that
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Michael McGlynn Dominates aQuellé Midmar Mile Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, Midmar Dam, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Since 2008 at the age of 17, two-time Olympian Chad Ho has finished in the top 10 in the men’s elite aQuellé Midmar Mile race every year, including his victorious run of seven Midmar Mile titles between 2010 and 2016.
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South Africans Show Heartfelt Gratitude For Wayne Ridden’s Contributions & Leadership Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, Midmar Dam, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. “Imagine over 18,000 open water swimmers gathering in one location to compete in a variety of amateur, charity, disabled and elite competitions…in a country where there are only 6,000 registered competitive swimmers,” observes Steven Munatones.
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Watching Over Many, Impacting All Courtesy of Kevin Murphy. One of the greatest coaches of endurance swimmers, Tom Watch [with glasses on left] died at the age of 93. Watch, a 1986 Honour Coach in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, was from Weymouth and had been ill for some time. Kevin Murphy recalls,
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Clams And Sand To Help Improve Water Quality For Olympic Marathon Swim Courtesy of Takuya Isayama and Yahoo! News, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. To improve the water quality of Tokyo Bay for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games 10 km marathon swim, the organizers have begun to dump 11,000 cubic meters of sand infused
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Bill Brand 2.0, Making A Lasting Impact With A Second Chance Courtesy of Mayor Bill Brand of Redondo Beach, California. Bill Brand of grew up close to the Southern California coast. The visionary of competitive ocean swims in Redondo Beach, he has long surfed, swam, and paddled as a kid, teenager, young adult and aging
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Luka Turk Breaks 2-Minute Barrier At International Winter Swimming World Championships Courtesy of International Winter Swimming World Championships, Lake Bled, Slovenia. Luka Turk accomplished what was previously thought impossible: breaking the two-minute barrier in the 200m freestyle in the International Winter Swimming World Championships. His record of 1:59.49 Lake Bled, Slovenia has now become the
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Alisa Fatum Blasts Fast 200m At International Winter Swimming World Championships Courtesy of International Winter Swimming World Championships, Lake Bled, Slovenia. Alisa Fatum easily was the fastest 200m freestyler at the 2020 International Winter Swimming World Championships in 2:16.18, faster than her older rivals, Julia Wittig (2:24.62) and Jade Perry (2:29.57). It was Fatum’s second
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Training For Tsugaru Courtesy of Ocean Navi, Sesame Sports Club, Ofuna, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Under the guidance of head coach Masayuki Moriya, Ocean Navi trains and organizes solo and relay crossings (both unassisted and assisted crossings) of the Tsugaru Channel in northern Japan. In order to help prepare the athletes for the 19.5 km channel
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