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Petar Stoychev, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honor Swimmer Video courtesy of Colin Hill. Information courtesy of Ned Denison, Ice Swimming Hall of Fame. “Petar Stoychev is uniquely versatile – he has been at the top of his sport in so many disciplines,” observed Steven Munatones. “There is literally no one like him; not before, […]
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1st International Ice Swimming Association World Championships final Ice Kilometer heat on March 20th 2015 in Murmansk, Russia with Evgeni Rabinovich (in Lane 1), Sergio Salomone (in Lane 2), Craig Lenning (in Lane 3), Christof Wandratsch (in Lane 4), Henri Kaarma (in Lane 6), Albert Sobirov (in Lane 7), and Eduard Khodakovsk (in Lane 8)
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Kate Steels, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honor Swimmer Courtesy of Ned Denison, Ice Swimming Hall of Fame. “Kate Steels makes swimming in the Ice appear so effortless and she has an incredible willingness to support and mentor so many others – while traveling the world and serving as a global ambassador of the sport
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Fergal Somerville, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honor Contributor – Administrator Photo courtesy of Gordon Adair Ned Denison says of Fergal Somerville, “Fergal has been the driving force behind the leading and largest mass Ice Mile event in the world. From 2013 to 2018, 47 internationally certified Ice Miles have been completed in the annual
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Jackie Cobell, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honor Swimmer Courtesy of Ned Denison, Ice Swimming Hall of Fame. “Jackie Cobell is always smiling, always helping, always inspirational,” says Steven Munatones. “Nothing she does is easy whether it is swimming across channels, working on dryland, and challenging the ice, but Jackie makes it look so easy,
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Ice Swimming Hall of Fame – Class of 2020 Announced Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Ice Swimming Association. “Cold, there is nothing like it in the open water. Cold water is hard to enter, it is hard to endure, it is hard to recover from,” observed Steven Munatones. “But ice swimming is an entirely different
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Swimming In The Outback, Lake Argyle Swim 2020 Courtesy of Glenn Taylor, Lake Argyle, Western Australia. For the 10th year running, the 2020 First National Kimberley Lake Argyle Swim has set another entry record with 350 swimmers and a total of 570 team members (swimmers, paddlers and skippers) taking part in the 10 km and
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American Presidents In The Open Water Photo of President John Kennedy and First Lady courtesy of Jacques Lowe, an internationally renowned photographer and photojournalist who chronicled the presidential campaign and presidency of John Kennedy. Today marked the 56th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy. This unfortunate historical fact reminded me about how many American
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The Legacy Of Yitzhak Yehezkel Courtesy of Ori Yehezkel, Tel Aviv, Israel. On October 19th 1951, 35 swimmers raced across the Sea of Galilee from Ein-Gev to Tiberias in the presence of numerous politicians including the the Speaker of the Knesset. The fourth edition of the 9.5 km international event attracted swimmers from Sweden as
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Bill Brand Making A Lasting Impact Courtesy of Mayor Bill Brand of Redondo Beach and Mayor Stacey Armato of Hermosa Beach, outside the California EPA, Sacramento, California. Mayor Bill Brand of Redondo Beach in Southern California has fought battles all his life. His latest personal battle is with his health. This June, he was diagnosed
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