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Matthias Kaßner Crosses The Tsugaru Channel Courtesy of Channel Swim Japan, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. Matthias Kaßner completed a crossing of the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido in northern Japan in 9 hours 45 minutes yesterday. It was his fifth Oceans Seven channel in a prolific marathon swimming and ice swimming career. He has the […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, English Channel + Catalina Channel + Manhattan Island. Courtney Moates Paulk has two extraordinary sides to her persona: * as a litigation attorney at Hirschler Fleischer * as a marathon swimmer around the world Paulk has been recognized by her peers as selected a Super Lawyer since 2010. She was recently selected
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Beautiful, Becca. Mann Masters Maui Nui In 20 Hours 53 Minutes Courtesy of Steve Haumschild, Maui – Molokai – Lanai, Hawaii. “The media and many swimmers define difficult, challenging, long, and cold solo marathon swims as epic,” observed Steven Munatones. “With so many marathon, ice and channel swimmers pushing themselves well beyond expectations, there are
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Becca Mann, 2 Channels Down + 1 To Go Courtesy of Steve Haumschild, Maui – Molokai – Lanai, Hawaii. Becca Mann started on her attempt of the renowned 57.58 km Maui Nui Triangle Swim in Hawaii yesterday afternoon. Steve Haumschild reported, “She started on Maui. Her first channel crossing took her 4 hours 1 minute
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Dina Levačic Emerges With A Fast Crossing Of The Tsugaru Channel Courtesy of Channel Swim Japan, Tsugaru Channel, Honshu – Hokkaido, Japan. Dina Levačic, a young Croatian student from Split, completed a fast 19.5 km crossing of the Tsugaru Channel today. With a 7 hour 13 minute swim from Honshu to Hokkaido in northern Japan,
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Marcia Cleveland, Quick Quinquagenarian Courtesy of Channel Swim Japan, Tsugaru Channel, Honshu – Hokkaido, Japan. Marcia Cleveland wrote Dover Solo, a widely-read, popular book about her 9 hour 44 minute English Channel crossing in 1994 at the age of 30. Dial forward 25 years and the 54-year-old Cleveland is still swimming channels around the world…and
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Becca Mann, 1 Channel Down + 2 To Go Courtesy of Steve Haumschild, Maui – Molokai – Lanai, Hawaii. Becca Mann started on her attempt of the renowned 57.58 km Maui Nui Triangle Swim in Hawaii this afternoon. Steve Haumschild reported, “She started on Maui. Her first channel crossing took her 4 hours 1 minute
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FINA Masters World Championships – Open Water Swimming Men Courtesy of FINA, Gwangju, South Korea. The FINA Masters World Championships held its 3 km open water swim this weekend with numerous well-known and accomplished open water swimmers competing. Japan’s Toshio Tominaga, the oldest individual to cross one of the Oceans Seven channels [shown swimming across
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FINA Masters World Championships – Open Water Swimming Women Courtesy of FINA, Gwangju, South Korea. The FINA Masters World Championships held its 3 km open water swim this weekend with hundreds of open water swimmers from around the world. The field included twin sisters Sara Holman and Mary Holman who finished 3rd and 4th in
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Swims Shortened With Storm Courtesy of Ian MacNicol of Swimming Canada, Lake Andrea, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, USA. The UANA Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Wisconsin culminated with a shortened 5 km race due to an incoming storm. The Canadian quartet of Kate Sullivan, Kenna Smallegange, David Quirie and Alexander Axon placed second in Saturday’s
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