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Lewis Pugh Looking Up Down In Antarctica Courtesy of A Service of Celebration for Commonwealth Day 2019, BBC, Westminster Abbey, London, England. Many open water swimmers are occasionally asked why they swim. It can be a difficult question to eloquently explain to a non-swimmers. But Lewis Pugh, United Nations Patron of the Oceans, has always […]
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Summertime Swimming With And By Chloë McCardel Courtesy of WOWSA, English Channel. It is not many swimmers have the opportunity to meet kings, but few swimmers have such a global reputation as channel swimmer Chloë McCardel. In December, McCardel was invited to meet the King of Bahrain, HM Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa,
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Fastest Times Of The Grand Slam Of Open Water Swimming Information by Ron Collins, Florida. Grand Slam in sports can mean different things: * Grand Slam (Formula One) = driver winning a Grand Prix from pole position, leading every lap of the race, and setting the fastest lap of the race * Grand Slam (NASCAR)
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4-Man Relay Across The Gulf Of Finland Courtesy of Roman Karkachev, Gulf of Finland. On October 20th, Roman Karkachev of St. Petersburg, Timur Falomkin of Tomsk, Andrey Zamyslov of Moscow, and Anton Kutuev of Murmansk completed a 4-person relay across the Gulf of Finland from Yelagin Island of St. Petersburg to Kotlin Island. It was
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Water Falling & Water Rising Festivals Courtesy of Doug Woodring, Ocean Recovery Alliance, Tonlé Sap Lake, Cambodia. Doug Woodring describes the Water Falling Festival and Water Rising Festival, two related events that Ocean Recovery Alliance created with NGO2 in Siem Reap. “It is a program to bring about water awareness and pride for keeping the
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Bhakti Sharma Gives Her 5th TEDx Talk Courtesy of TEDx Talks, Mumbai, India. Bhakti Sharma continues to publicly share positive messages as she serves as a Program Coordinator at while seeking her Ph.D. at the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications. Television appearances, giving TEDx Talks and motivational speeches, and lecturing at the
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A Beating Heart In The Water: FORM + Polar® OH1/OH1 + Swim App Courtesy of FORM, Vancouver, Canada. Steven Munatones reported, “I was pleasantly surprised and happy with my new FORM Swim Goggles when I tested them this summer, but now aquapreneur and CEO Dan Eisenhardt and the FORM technology team has taken their goggles
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Jaimie Monahan Swimming In A Winter Wonderland Courtesy of Woytek Red, Tromsø, Norway. Along the shoreline of Tromsø, a city in northern Norway above the Arctic Circle, Jaimie Monahan went for a little dip. With 9 career Ice Miles under her swim cap, the New York-based American ice swimmer makes cold water swimming look so
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Elke Ortloff, Guinness World Record Holder Courtesy of WOWSA, Volendam, Netherlands. Elke Ortloff of Berlin, Germany is the oldest female to complete a certified Ice Mile under International Ice Swimming Association® regulations. Born in 1953, she swam in an Ice Mile in 32 minutes 13 seconds in 4.97°C water in a freshwater pool in Volendam,
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Keeping Busy With Dea Ann Joslin Courtesy of WOWSA, Maui Channel, Hawaii. Dea Ann Joslin has it all – and makes time for it with a disciplined lifestyle. A mother of 5 children, she also spends time coaching swimming in Petaluma, California. The dynamic coach from Westside Aquaducks has crossed the Maui Channel a total
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