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Victor Hideaki Sano Completes Travessia do Leme ao Pontal Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the early dawn of October 27th, 35-year-old Victor Hideaki Sano from São Paulo face the challenge of completing the 36 km Travessia do Leme ao Pontal along the coast of Rio […]
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Roberto de Sousa Araujo Filho Completes Travessia do Leme ao Pontal Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At dawn on October 26th, 33-year-old Roberto de Sousa Araujo Filho began his 36 km Travessia do Leme ao Pontal in the darkness at 2 am. He had specifically trained
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Florian Wellbrock Named 2019 Men’s Open Water Swimmer of the Year Courtesy of Swimming World Magazine, Yeosu EXPO Ocean Park, Gwangju, South Korea. Florian Wellbrock now has a target on his back after two gold medal performances and being named the 2019 Men’s Open Water Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World Magazine. Wellbrock has
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First Two-way Travessia do Leme ao Pontal Attempt Made By Catarina Porfírio Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Catarina Almeida Porfírio, who had earlier completed the Travessia do Leme ao Pontal in January 2019, decided to challenge herself once again. Her goal? A two-way crossing, an unprecedented
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Sink, Save Or Swim: What To Do In A Shipwreck? Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Every now and then, there are news reports of shipwrecks around the world and the unfortunate deaths and heroic rescues that result. Many of these shipwrecks occur close to shore and are within a relatively easy swim to shore
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Hanging With Hammerheads Courtesy of WOWSA, Yonaguni Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. There are lots of holiday tours and diving tours centered around hammerhead sharks from the Caribbean to the Pacific. Usually the hammerheads are seen from below while being photographed by divers in a group. But there is something profoundly different when a group or
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Swimming Around Hong Kong Island Courtesy of Edith Terry, Zolima City Magazine, Hong Kong. Edith Terry wrote about swimming around Hong Kong Island for Zolima City Magazine, featuring Edie Hu and her escort pilot Shu Pu on his 12 hour 37 minute swim. Olympic swimmer and Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim winner Alex Fong Lik-sun
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Tools Of Swimming Courtesy of WOWSA, Tracy, California. It is cool when swimmers can do one-stop shopping for a variety of swimming products that can help them develop and train in the open water. On the FINIS website, swimmers can purchase the following: Polarized Swim Goggles With mirrored lenses, glare and distortion is reduced on
Bhakti Sharma Joins Open Water Luminaries At TED Talks Courtesy of TEDx Talks, Bangalore, India. Ice swimmer, marathon swimmer, channel swimmer and relay swimmer Bhakti Sharma from India joined a number of athletes, physicians, writers and personalities who have spoken about open water swimming at TED conferences around the world – and only a handful
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Gaurvi Singhvi Joins Open Water Luminaries At TED Talks Courtesy of TEDx Talks, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. Teenager Gaurvi Singhvi joined a number of athletes, physicians, writers and personalities who have spoken about open water swimming at TED conferences around the world: * Lewis Pugh * Diana Nyad * Maarten van der Weijden * Ori Sela
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