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Open Water Swimming Risk Assessment and Safety Plans with Nuala Moore, Adrian Mayhew, Dr Shayne Baker

Nuala Moore (57, Ireland, IISA bio here) is organizing a 90-minute online seminar on June 17th – together with Adrian Mayhew and Dr. Shayne Baker, D. Prof. OAM – on insights into risk assessments, safety plans and rescue, drowning, and myriad information for open water swimmers, triathletes, lifesavers, and event organizers. Moore describes the webinar, “Do you

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Haley Chasin Sets Molokai Channel Women’s Record

As a University of Hawaii junior Haley Chasin (MSF bio here, @chasin1997) won the 7 km Possibly Annual Hawaii Christmas Looong Distance Invitation Rough-H2O Swim in 2017 in the fastest overall time. She has maintained that speed in her post-graduation years. Today, 27-year-old Chasin set a new women’s record for the fastest crossing of the 45 km Molokai

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Important Differences Between Oral, Tympanic, Core Body Temperatures in a Marathon Swim

Michael Drozd (MSF bio here) of the Czech Republic had a lengthy professional marathon swimming career from 1993 to 2000. He competed in over 30 races, including racing at the European Championships and World Championships. There was a one-week period of his career when Drozd was on fire, winning both the Traversée internationale du lac

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1991, The Year Sports Changed. Men vs. Women In The Open Water

Prelude Australian 7-time professional marathon swimming champion Shelley Taylor-Smith (MSF bio here) is shown above in the Atlantic Ocean behind her handler Nancy Schnarr on a rowboat during the 36 km Atlantic City Around the Island Swim held in New Jersey, USA in 1991. She won the professional marathon swimming race overall, beating Americans Jay Wilkerson of the USA who

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İrem Sönmez to Swim for 30 Hours to Demonstrate and Honor the Power of Women

On August 29th and 30th, there will be a turning point, an awakening, a call for awareness in Turkey to shine a light on the resilience, inner strength, and unseen labor of women. In 2023, İrem Sönmez (@irmsnmz) became the first person in Turkey to swim non-stop for 24 hours in a project against violence

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