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Smiles A Plenty at the 2026 IISA South African Ice Swimming Championships

by | September 8, 2026 | IMSHOF, marathon swimming | 0 Comments

A large team of enablers - including doctors, medics, a water safety team, officials, timekeepers, seconds and volunteers - assisted a group of ice swimmers compete in the 2026 IISA South African Ice Swimming Championships
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Cork, Ireland – a Marathon Machine

by | September 8, 2026 | IMSHOF, marathon swimming | 0 Comments

The 12.7 km Kilmacsimon-to-Dock Marina swim was established to keep feeding the marathon swimmer machine in Cork, Ireland.
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There’s No Shame In Stopping vs. Never Give Up: An Internal Conversation Within Lynton Mortensen

by | September 8, 2026 | IMSHOF, marathon swimming | 0 Comments

Lynton Mortensen retired and ventured on a grueling, challenging, adventurous global tour, pushing himself in the cold from Europe to Asia to Africa and Antarctica. He has now completed 9 Ice Miles around the world.n ada
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Elliot Ordway to Honor the Legacy of Patrick Woepse Across the Catalina Channel

by | September 8, 2026 | open water swimming | 0 Comments

Elliot Ordway, a former teammate of Patrick Woepse who passed away from a rare form of lung cancer at the age of 31, will honor him and support his Foundation with a swim across the Catalina Channel.
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A Three-day Block Party Across Lake Memphremagog

by | September 7, 2026 | open water swimming | 0 Comments

Phil White reported on the unprecedented multi-leg swim across Lake Memphremagog by Dr. Caroline Block
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Steven Muñatones

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Steven Muñatones was an American water polo player, a collegiate swimmer, and an open water swimmer from Huntington Beach, California. He has been a coach, administrator, writer, race director, kayaker, paddler, official, observer, author, lifeguard, reporter, Olympic commentator, aquapreneur, and adviser in the the sport of open water swimming.

He founded the World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Oceans Seven, WOWSA Awards, Openwaterpedia, KAATSU Global, and KAATSU Research Foundation and served as an ambassador for the American Heart Association. He has written over 21,344 articles on open water swimming, water polo, and KAATSU to date. He created the www.imshof.org, www.openwaterswimming.com, www.openwaterpedia.com, and www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimming.com websites among many others.

He received the 1984 Harvard University John B. Imrie Award, 1990 Guinness World Record, 2001, 2005, 2007 USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Committee Award, 2002 Honor Swimmer, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, 2007 & 2010 USA Swimming Glen S. Hummer Award, 2010 Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2016 Poseidon Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2018 Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame, 2019 Honor Contributor – Media of the International Ice Swimming Hall of Fame, and 2022 Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.

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