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Pablo Fernández Álvarez Swimming Shackled In Guinness World Record Attempt Courtesy of Greg Ronkainen of King Harbor Yacht Club and Quinn Fitzgerald of WOWSA, Redondo Beach, California. Pablo Fernández Álvarez swam about as fast as a swimmer can go in the ocean this past July off the Florida coast of Jupiter. After swimming 100 km […]
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Barbados to St Lucia – Cameron Bellamy’s Longest Channel Swim Courtesy of Cameron Bellamy, Barbados to St. Lucia, Caribbean Sea. Imagine starting a swim in unknown, unchartered waters on Friday the 13th (as far as swimmers are considered). That is exactly what Cameron Bellamy did on Friday, September 13th at 8:18 am. The South African
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Accolades To Amy Courtesy of WOWSA, Redondo Beach, California. On June 8th 2019, Amy Appelhans Gubser became the third person in history to swim across the 43.4 km Santa Monica Bay between Point Dume in Malibu and Lunada Bay on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in 17 hours 6 minutes. The neonatal nurse celebrated her 50th
Ion Lazarenco Tiron And The Swim Of Peace To Be Honored Courtesy of Nobel Peace Prize Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders in English) was honored as the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. Steven Munatones recalled his interactions with volunteers of the international humanitarian medical organisation that is known for its projects in war zones
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Crimson Elite Swimming Opportunity Courtesy of WOWSA, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Over the decades, there have been many swimmers who have studied at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From Olympic medalists Bobby Hackett, David Berkoff and Neville Hayes to world open water swimming champions Alex Meyer and Steven Munatones, and United States presidents who bodysurf (President Obama)
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Arianna Bridi Wins Season-Ending Chun’an Marathon Courtesy of Colin Hill and FINA, Chun’an, China. Arianna Bridi won a close, tough FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series race in Chun’an, China on Sunday after 2020 Tokyo Olympians Ana Marcela Cunha, Xin Xin, and Rachele Bruni. Chun’an Female Results: 1. Arianna Bridi (Italy) 2:04:05.44 2. Ana Marcela Cunha
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Courtesy of Colin Hill and FINA, Chun’an, China. 2016 Olympic gold medalist Ferry Weertman got a little more training in warm water for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games marathon swim in Chun’an, China. He won the season-ending FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series race in Chun’an that is a good indication that he will be ready
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When Walruses Perish Photo of the Pacific walrus courtesy of Joel Sartore. Article courtesy of Elizabeth Kolbert, National Geographic Magazine. National Geographic Magazine puts the loss of any species into perspective. They write, “If we lived in an ordinary time — time here being understood in the long, unhurried sense of a geologic epoch —
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Jonathan Ratcliffe, Swimming Through The Night Into Daybreak Courtesy of Jonathan Ratcliffe, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. When Jonathan Ratcliffe completed his most recent marathon swim, a 19.5 km crossing of the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido in northern Japan in 11 hours 7 minutes, he chalked up his fifth Oceans Seven swim. The 45-year-old British
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松崎裕子ギネスレコードに挑戦 Courtesy of WOWSA, Seaside Lagoon, Redondo Beach, California. レドンドビーチのシーサイド・ラグーンで今週１０月４日（金）午前１１時から１０月５日（土）の午前１１時まで、日本人プロマラソンスイマー松崎裕子さんが、エンドレスプールにて『２４時間ノンストップ泳』でギネスレコードに挑戦します。 20年以上世界中のプロマラソンスイミングレースに出場し、その様子はTBSテレビの「情熱大陸」でも放送されました。また各国で、チャリティースイミングをこなし、２０１１年には日本人初のマラソンスイマーとして世界マラソンスイミング殿堂入りを果しました。是非、レドンドビーチのシーサイド・ラグーンに来て、松崎さんを応援して下さい。 入場は無料です。 場所：Seaside Lagoon, 200 Portofino Way, Redondo Beach, CA 90277 ご参考：www.wowsaoceanfest.com The public is invited to cheer on International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Yuko Matsuzaki from 11:00 am on Friday, October 4th to Saturday, October 5th in her longest Endless Pool