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Matías Ola Looks Forward After Tough Tsugaru Courtesy of Masayuki Moriya of Ocean Navi, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. Matías Ola went for it again. The Argentine swimmer attempted a crossing of the 19.5 km Tsugaru Channel for the second time on July 28th. After a start at 2:47 am from Kodomari, Aomori on the island of […]
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Morgane Dornic Wins 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean In Québec Courtesy of Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean, Québec, Canada. Morgane Dornic won the biggest race in her career in a 8 hour 34 second victory at the 2019 Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Quebec, Canada. Overall Results: Marcel Schouten (Netherlands) 7:13:31 Christopher
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Dina Levačič Attempts To Replicate Veljko Rogošić Feat Courtesy of Croatia Week, Adriatic Sea, off the Dalmatian Coast, Croatia. Dina Levačič has swum around the world in professional marathon swims and channel swims, but the 23-year-old Croatian student from Split attempted to complete the second 54 km swim from the island of Vis to Split in
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Ben Lecomte’s Vortex Swim Courtesy of Ben Lecomte, North Pacific Garbage Patch, Pacific Ocean. Ben Lecomte is currently swimming through the highest accumulation zone of plastic in the world’s oceans in The Vortex Swim that started on June 17th, “My crew and I have seen a dramatic increase in our plastic findings. We found
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Ashley Twichell, Good In Gwangju Courtesy of WOWSA, Gwangju, Korea. Ashley Twichell had a successful series of swims at the FINA World Championships. The personable distance freestyler kicked off with a 2020 Tokyo Olympic qualifying swim in 10 km race, and then followed up with a bronze medal in the 5 km Mixed Relay. When
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Gregorio Paltrinieri, Florian Wellbrock Rivalry Continues In Pool Courtesy of WOWSA, Gwangju, Korea. Florian Wellbrock of Germany won the 2019 FINA World Championships 10 km marathon swim, a victory that qualified him as the top seed for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games 10 km race – by the slimmest of margins. Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy also
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Pablo Fernández Álvarez Across Ha Long Bay In Vietnam Courtesy of WOWSA, Maui – Molokai – Lanai, Hawaii. Before landing in Miami and driving to Jupiter to start his 100 km Century Swim in the Gulf Stream, Florida on Tuesday next week, Pablo Fernández has swum from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, in the Senegambia Open Water Challenge from
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30-Year Déjà Vu: Becca Mann To Attempt Maui Nui Courtesy of WOWSA, Maui – Molokai – Lanai, Hawaii. Becca Mann has always been precocious and adventurous. At the age of 10, Mann swam solo across the 14.1 km Maui Channel from the island of Lanai to the island of Maui in the state of Hawaii.
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Honorary ESPY Award Given to James Savage Courtesy of ABC 7 News, San Francisco, California. An Honorary ESPY Award was given to San Francisco open water swimmer James Savage who has swum the length of the Golden Gate Bridge four times. “My mom said this award is a pretty big thing,” said the 7-time Alcatraz Island
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Disaster Off Fire Island Courtesy of UPI, Fire Island, New York. Back in June 28th 1964, 29-year-old Britt Sullivan from Omaha, Nebraska attempted a stage swim across the Atlantic Ocean. The mother of a 7-month-old daughter walked into the Atlantic in Coney Island. Despite poor weather prior to the 3,000-mile swim expected to take 5
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