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Italy Goes 1-2 In Lac Mégantic Courtesy of Aimee Berg, FINA, lac Mégantic, Canada. Arianna Bridi of Italy won the most recent FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series event at the Traversée internationale du lac Mégantic over Italian teammate Rachele Bruni and Anna Olasz of Hungary. Unlike all the other races on the World Series circuit, […]
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Kristóf Rasovszky Wins Again Courtesy of Aimee Berg, FINA, lac Mégantic, Canada. Kristóf Rasovszky of Hungary won his third consecutive FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series event at the Traversée internationale du lac Mégantic in Quebec, Canada. Rasovszky won by 1.8 seconds in 2 hours 6 minutes 46.3 seconds over Italy’s Dario Verani. Matteo Furlan of
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Alexandre Fuzeauf, The Newest Iron Iceman Courtesy of WOWSA, Hamburg, Germany. Dr. Alexandre Fuzeauf is the world’s newst Iron Iceman. The 53-year-old Frenchman is the first athlete to complete an Ice Mile (in 4.97°C water in January*) and Ironman Triathlon (3.8 km swim + 183 km bike + 42.2 km run in Germany in August)
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The Life And Legacy Of Mike Troy Courtesy of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Video show the 220 yard butterfly at the 1961 AAU Men’s National Championships held at Yale University won by International Swimming Hall of Famer and two-time 1960 Olympic gold medalist, Mike Troy. Some people swim
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Ned Hastings completed an unprecedented swim across the length of Priest Lake in a 14 hour 24 minute crossing in Idaho.
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Pat Gallant-Charette Does Another 24-Hour Crossing Courtesy of Phil White, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont, USA – Quebec, Canada. Pass 68-year-old Pat Gallant-Charette in the aisle of a supermarket or sit next to her on an airplane and her athletic exploits would not be the first thing that comes to mind. “You would find yourself talking to
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High Altitude And Ice Swimming Are Not Big Mates Courtesy of Ram Barkai, International Ice Swimming Association, Afriski, Lesotho, Africa. Ram Barkai, founder of the International Ice Swimming Association, hosted another Africa Lesotho Ice Swimming Ice Kilometer event between July 28th and August 1st in Afriski, Lesotho in the southern part of Africa. Barkai explained
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Jon McArdell Crosses Catalina Courtesy of Jon McArdell, Catalina Channel, California. Jon McArdell recalls his 10 hour 16 minute crossing of the 32.8 km Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland yesterday. “It’s taken me a while to reflect on yesterday’s swim partly because I have only begun to feel human.
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Courtesy of Adherbal Treidler de Oliveira, Molokai Channel, Hawaii. While jellyfish stings appear to be on the increase throughout the world, there are still relatively few shark attacks around the world. But Brazilian swimmer Adherbal Treidler de Oliveira was not lucky. He was hit by a cookiecutter shark in the Molokai Channel this week. Bill Goding
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The Newport Beach Monster Mile Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, Newport Beach, California. The JG Monster Mile or the Newport Beach Monster Mile is an annual 2-mile biathlon (1-mile swim + 1-mile run) held in Newport Beach for the Newport Beach Junior Lifeguards. The event consists of a 1-mile run from the Balboa Pier to 10th Street, and a 1-mile swim back. Participants can wear a
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