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Kim Rutherford Achieves a Dream Across Strait of Juan de Fuca Courtesy of Terri Schneider, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington (USA) – Vancouver (Canada). Kimberly Rutherford likes hard. Really, really hard – and preferably cold. Really really cold. The 60-year-old California ice and marathon swimmer, coach and administrator was the third person in history […]
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Young Begets Young Across The English Channel Courtesy of Serpentine Swimming Club, English Channel. Gaurvi Singhvi is a 16-year-old swimmer who crossed the English Channel on August 23rd in 13 hours 28 minutes. Young for sure. And the Serpentine Swimming Club produces some remarkable young swimmers. Singhvi, a Serpentine Swimming Club member, broke the club’s
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Have Baby, Will Swim Courtesy of COLIN HILL SWIMS, Ullswater, England. Verity Westgate recently gave birth to her daughter Grace. But she still had the time, energy, power and motivation to successfully complete a two-way 7-mile swim across Ullswater in 3 hours 37 minutes in 15°C – 16.5°C water, escorted by Colin Hill . She
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Japanese Media Attention On Tokyo Bay Courtesy of All-Nippon News Network, Tokyo Bay, Japan. While there is plenty of inspirational news and interesting information about the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games throughout the global media, the Japanese media is offering a significant amount of attention on the warm water temperatures and pool water quality that is
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Jesse Harewicz, From Nanimo To Vancouver Courtesy of Jessi Harewicz, Nanaimo to Vancouver, Canada. One of the pleasant surprises of the 2018 Open Water Summit at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California was the humorous, very well-received speech by Canadian marathon swimmer Jessi Harewicz. With a rapid emerging track record of unprecedented swims and
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High Altitude Open Water Swimming In California Courtesy of WOWSA, Horseshoe Lake, Mammoth Lakes, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. The world-renowned 1,897m Lake Tahoe is site of many solo swims and annual open water events. There are other high altitude locations around California to participate in and train for high-altitude swims: * 1,577m Lake Arrowhead *
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Malta, central Mediterranean Sea. SwimTrek is nominated in the 2019 British Travel Awards. It is no wonder. SwimTrek was started by a swimmer and is entirely centered around the needs and desires of open water swimmers of all ages, abilities and backgrounds. Its success has led to a new ecosystem of swimming vacation and training
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Injured Emre Erdogan Succeeds Across The Tsugaru Channel Courtesy of Channel Swim Japan, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. Emre Erdogan of Turkey completed a fast crossing of the Tsugaru Channel. He swam from Honshu to Hokkaido in northern Japan in 7 hours 36 minutes today. It was his fourth Oceans Seven channel in his emerging marathon swimming
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Los Cabos Open Water Acuarium, A New 32 km Ocean Swim Courtesy of Diego Rivas, Los Cabos Open Water Challenge, San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Diego Rivas of the Los Cabos Open Water Challenge announced a new 32 km marathon swim in Baja California called the Los Cabos Open Water Acuarium. He
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Michael Twigg-Smith, Becca Mann On The Maui Nui Triangle Swim Courtesy of Michael Twigg-Smith of the Kaiwi Channel Association, Maui – Molokai – Lanai, Hawaii. Becca Mann described her 57.58 km Maui Nui Triangle Swim where she swam between the islands of Maui, Molokai, Lanai and back to Maui. She teamed up with Captain Michael
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