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The Oceans Seven Achievement Of Liz Fry Courtesy of Elizabeth Fry, North Channel. Earlier this year, Elizabeth Fry crossed the 35 km North Channel to complete the Oceans Seven as the oldest individual in history. Her Oceans Seven swims included the following: Oceans Seven #1 on August 20th 2003: 33.5 km crossing of the English […]
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Swimming Around Angel Island: Unofficial, Unobserved, Undocumented…And Loads Of Fun Courtesy of Bryan Temmermand, Angel Island, San Francisco Bay, California. Alex Kostich completed yet another circumnavigation island: a swim around Angel Island in San Francisco Bay. The 8 km swim has been completed by 15 swimmers according to Bryan Temmermand of Pacific Open Water Swim
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Sarah Thomas En Route To Mightily Raising The Bar Photo courtesy of James Musselwhite, Outdoor Swimmer Magazine. Sarah Thomas is raising the bar in the endurance sports world so high, it is difficult to fathom. With a two-way 24-hour’ish crossing of the English Channel finished, the cancer survivor is on her third consecutive crossing with
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Women Making A Difference Courtesy of Swimming World Magazine. Merle Liivand appeared on an NBC television show called, Woman Making a Difference. The pool breaststroker and open water swimmer who lives, works and trains in Florida has represented her native Estonia in the 5 km and 10 km races at the 2017 and 2019 FINA
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Nejib Belhedi To Be Honored At WOWSA Ocean Fest Courtesy of Nejib Belhedi, Sfax, Tunisia. Nejib Belhedi is the Father of Ouma. He summed up the history of Ouma in his native Tunisia here. Belhedi, even after having heart surgery, came back at the age of 66 to swim 76 hours 30 minutes along the
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Grgo Mujan Wins 109th Edition Of Maraton Šilo-Crikve Courtesy of WOWSA, Maraton Šilo-Crikve, Croatia. Grgo Mujan of Croatia won the 109th edition of the Maraton Šilo-Crikve, a 3.5 km point-to-point race in Croatia. The Plivački maraton Šilo-Crikvenica is held every year on August 15th, the feast of the Assumption of Mary, the patron saint of
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Andrej Pribac + Aljoša Pribac = Twin Swimmers Courtesy of Vojislav Mijić, Stari Grad Bay, Croatia. A great story of twin brothers swimming comes out of Croatia where Andrej Pribac and Aljoša Pribac of Slovenia) finished within a second of each other: Andrej was 5th in 4 hours 2 minutes 26 seconds and Aljoša was
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Grgo Mujan, Marathoning Machine Courtesy of Vojislav Mijić, Stari Grad Bay, Croatia. While 44-year-old Angela Maurer won the women’s 16 km Faros Maratón in Stari Grad Bay, Croatia on September 10th, 20-year-old Grgo Mujan of Croatia continued his winning ways in Croatia. He won the overall title at the Faros Maratón in dominating fashion with
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Still Swimming Fast – Angela Maurer Wins Another Pro Race Courtesy of Vojislav Mijić, Stari Grad Bay, Croatia. 44-year-old Angela Maurer of Germany won yet another professional marathon swim. This time, the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer finished ahead of 16-year-old Vasiliki Kadoglu of Bulgaria and 18-year-old Antonia Buličić of Croatia in the 16
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