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Ger Kennedy Warms Up For Murmansk In Mikkelvik Brygge Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Mikkelvik Brygge, Skagøysund, Norway. Ger Kennedy is heading to Murmansk, Russia for the International Ice Swimming Association 3rd World Championship in mid-March. But he branched off to Mikkelvik Brygge in Skagøysund, Norway and completed his Polar Ice Mile at 70° 3′ 12.312” […]
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Courtesy of Nejib Belhedi, Djerba Island, Tunisia. Before he started another chapter in his long career of swimming across seas, oceans, and lakes, Nejib Belhedi accomplished a number of unprecedented Iron Swims, his unique form of boat pulling. Various boat pulls over the 20th and 21st centuries are posted here including numerous solo pulls by
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Brenda Fisher: One Of Our Own Courtesy of Kurt Mussell, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, UK. Filmmaker Kurt Mussell created the documentary Brenda Fisher: One of our own, the remarkable story of Brenda Fisher. Fisher was the first female finisher at the Billy Butlin Cross Channel International Swim across the English Channel in August 1951 from
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Courtesy of Mountain Swim Series, Wellington Lake, Colorado. The Mountain Swim Series presents its unique Cliff Backyard Ultra Swim, one of the world’s premier high-altitude swims with a highly unusual format. At 2,425 meters (7,957 feet) in altitude in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, race director Geoff Hawksworth challenges swimmers to complete as many 1.5
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Courtesy of Brenton Williams and JBay News, Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. 2016 Olympian Michelle Weber from KwaZulu Natal dominated the South African Open Water Swim Championships held in Marina Martinique in Jeffreys Bay as she won both the 5 km and the 10 km races and qualified to represent South Africa at the 2019 FINA
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Photo above shows Lynton Mortensen on his Molokai Channel crossing in June 2018. Between Molokai – Oahu Across The Channel Of Bones Courtesy of Michael Twigg-Smith, Ka’iwi Channel, Hawaii. Michael Twigg-Smith says, “The challenge of the Ka’iwi Channel is that it is the longest of the Oceans Seven channels, known for its wind, waves, currents
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Courtesy of Ram Barkai, International Ice Swimming Association, Murmansk, Russia. Since Christof Wandratsch set the first Ice Kilometer world record of 13 minutes flat in 2015, the record has been steadily eroded by Petar Stoychev, and most recently, Sven Elfferich. The decrease in times has been extraordinarily impressive. A remarkable world record time decrease of
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Photo of Alisa Fatum courtesy of Martin Tschepe, Veitsbronn, Bavaria, Germany. Information courtesy of Ram Barkai, International Ice Swimming Association, Murmansk, Russia. Since Renata Nováková set the first Ice Kilometer world record of 14:21.0 in 2015, Julia Wittig and Hanna Bakuniak have steadily dropped the record that is currently held by Alisa Fatum. The decrease
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Courtesy of St. Petersburg Winter Swimming Association and International Winter Swimming Association, St. Petersburg, Russia. 212 winter swimmers from 16 countries competed in the Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia at the recent Big Neva Winter Swimming Cup in 0.8°C water. 200m Freestyle Women’s Top Results: 1. Tatiana Gavrilenkova (Russia) 2:56.28 2. Lotta Mäkinen (Finland)
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Courtesy of Pat Gallant-Charette, Cook Strait, New Zealand. Pat Gallant-Charette is one channel crossing away from becoming the oldest person to complete the Oceans Seven. English Channel – done. Catalina Channel – done. Molokai Channel – done. North Channel – done. Strait of Gibraltar – done. Tsugaru Channel – done. Cold water would not stop
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