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Rob Lea, James Tout, Georgios-Ioannis Tsianos Do The Uniquely Unusual Around The World

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Rob Lea, James Tout, Georgios-Ioannis Tsianos Do The Uniquely Unusual Around The World Courtesy of National Geographic Magazine, Park City, Utah. Rob Lea of Park City, Utah is the only person in history to complete a Calendar Year Peak and Pond that requires a successful crossing of the English Channel and a summit of Mount Everest, both within one […]

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Traversée From South Korea To Québec, Canada

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Traversée From South Korea To Québec, Canada Courtesy of Aimee Berg, Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean, Canada. Kristóf Rasovszky, Rachele Bruni and Anna Olasz are among a handful of athletes who traveled from Gwangju, South Korea where they competed in the FINA World Championships to Quebec, Canada – over 13 time zones – to race

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Shameful, Simply And Sadly Shameful

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Shameful, Simply And Sadly Shameful Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Openwaterpedia is a unique, comprehensive, multilingual online reference tool for the aquatic community. There are currently 30,994 different entries with 68,850 pages of content that are useful for research, reference and expanding one’s knowledge and appreciation of the sport with the following entries as

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Lexie Kelly, Ryan Bullock On A Summer Roll: Swim The Avenues + Newport Beach

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After winning the Newport Beach Pier-to-Pier Swim, Ryan Bullock and Lexie Kelly won the 1-mile Swim The Avenues in Redondo Beach, California. 1-mile Top 10 Results: Ryan Bullock 22:52 Nicholas Jones 23:26 Paul-Marc Schweitzer 23:58 Joshua Jones 23:58 Casey Powers 23:59 Parris Mosteller 24:08 Lexie Kelly 24:14 [first woman] Max Sorich 24:16 Duncan Reid 24:20

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Jim Loreto, Natalie Lang, Mark Sheridan Swim Across The Southern Border

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Jim Loreto, Natalie Lang, Mark Sheridan Swim Across The Southern Border Courtesy of Phil White, lake Memphrémagog, Quebec, Canada. In Search of Memphre is a 40.2 km cross-border marathon that begins in the American state of Vermont and finishes in the Canadian province of Quebec across Lake Memphremagog. Lake Memphremagog in the southern border of

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Ger Kennedy On Verge Of Achieving The Ice Sevens

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Ger Kennedy On Verge Of Achieving The Ice Sevens Courtesy of WOWSA, Portillo, Chile. Jaimie Monahan was the first person in history to complete the Ice Sevens, the ice swimming equivalent of the Oceans Seven. To achieve the Ice Sevens, a swimmer must complete an Ice Mile under standard ice swimming rules (i.e., no wetsuit and no neoprene hat) in 7 different locations around the world.  The

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France Is On Top Of The Open Water World

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France Is On Top Of The Open Water World Courtesy of FINA, Yeosu Expo Ocean Park,Gwangju, Korea. Under the direction of head coach Stéphane Lecat, France finished the open water swimming schedule with 1 gold medal, 3 silver medals, and 1 bronze to win the Championship Trophy that is awarded to the highest scoring nation at the FINA

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Superwoman Ana Marcela Cunha Wins 25 km World Title…Again

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Superwoman Ana Marcela Cunha Wins 25 km World Title…Again Courtesy of FINA, Yeosu Expo Ocean Park. Ana Marcela Cunha is truly a master of the open water.  The gold medalist in the 5 km race at the FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea also qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 10 km race,

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