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Josef Köberl Sets World Record In Ice Courtesy of WOWSA, Vienna, Austria. 42-year-old ice swimmer Josef Köberl established the Guinness World Record for the “Longest Duration for Full Body Contact With Ice” on Saturday in Austria. Köberl sat for 2 hours 8 minutes 47 seconds in an ice bath where only his head was exposed […]
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Hot Off The Press: Tokyo 2020 Marathon Swimming Test Event Completed Courtesy of WOWSA, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. With the oppressive summer heat in Tokyo and humidity hanging over Odaiba Marine Park, combined with the 29.5°C+ (85°F+) water temperatures in Tokyo Bay at the Tokyo 2020 Marathon Swimming Test Event, the men’s race start was
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Alex Kostich Swims Around The Rock Courtesy of Water World Swim, Alcatraz Island. Alex Kostich came very close to breaking the original 5.25 km Swim Around The Rock course record set by Oliver Kusch in 1:10:09 in 2011. While Kusch started and finished at Aquatic Park, today’s longer 6 km course started at Crissy Field,
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Kiko Cruises, Rodrigo Gralha Garcia Does Travessia do Leme ao Pontal Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 39-year-old Rodrigo Gralha Garcia, known as Kiko Gralha, completed the 36 km Travessia do Leme ao Pontal on the morning of August 9th 2019. Donned in neoprene, Kiko has completed
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東京2020マラソンスイミング・テストイベント In Tokyo Courtesy of Japan Swimming Federation, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. The Tokyo 2020 Marathon Swimming Test Event (東京2020マラソンスイミング・テストイベント in Japanese) is a 5 km open water swimming competition held in Odaiba Marine Park (お台場海浜公園 in Japanese), a popular Tokyo tourist and entertainment location on Tokyo Bay, Japan. The event functions as
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Bill Goll, An Early American Open Water Swimming Pioneer Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. William “Bill” Goll was an American pioneer in the early days of competitive open water swimming. The New Yorker was born about 1908. To make ends meet, he traveled as a high diver with a carnival during the Great Depression
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A Perspective On Swimming By Bruce Williamson Courtesy of WOWSA, Ostia, Italy. Bruce Williamson, Leader of the Antigua and Barbuda delegation at the FINA World Swimming Championships, was asked, “Could swimming be the medium to unite the world?“ Williamson eloquently postulated the following, “Water activities, organized by FINA, bring the world together every two years where
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The Swimmers From 1968 To The Present Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Swimmer is a title of several different swimming movies from 1968 to 2019. The Swimmer is a 1968 film directed by Frank Perry and starring Burt Lancaster with Janet Landgard and Janice Rule in featured roles. The surreal, allegorical tale is based
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The Long Storied Career Of Dr. Chris Stockdale, MBE Courtesy of WOWSA, English Channel. Dr. Christopher Stockdale is the long-time physician to the Channel Swimming Association who thrice swam the English Channel: * 1977: England-to-France in 17 hours 30 minutes * 1981: England-to-France in 15 hours 56 minutes * 1984: France-to-England in 14 hours 50
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Mi Travesía del Canal del Norte Courtesy of Pablo Argüelles Cattori, North Channel, Scotland – Northern Ireland. Antonio Argüelles tells of his thoughts, emotions and fears while crossing the North Channel from Northern Ireland to Scotland in 13 hours 32 minutes. Adam Skolnick wrote about Argüelles‘ journey as he became the seventh person in history
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