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Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival Starts Today

Courtesy of Phil White and Robbie Bailey, Lake Memphremagog, Newport, Vermont, U.S.A. The 5th Annual Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival is being held today and tomorrow in a two-lane, 25-meter pool cut in the ice in Lake Memphremagog located near the EastSide Restaurant in Newport, Vermont. 87 winter swimmers supported by 35 volunteers, are competing in […]

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Travessia a Nado do Rio Jacuí Takes Place Sunday

Courtesy of Vanessa Siviero, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. In Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state that borders Argentina and Uruguay, the annual 2.2 km Travessia a Nado do Rio Jacuí is organized by Cristiano Linhares in February. Francismar Siviero describes the 8th edition that will be held on February 24th, “Swimmers from Rio

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Sven Elfferich Sets Ice Kilometer World Record In Austria – Weltrekord im Eisschwimmen in Österreich

Sven Elfferich Sets Ice Kilometer World Record In Austria – Weltrekord im Eisschwimmen in Österreich Courtesy of Josef Köberl, Ice Swimming Association Austria, Freizeitverein Altenwörth, Austria. 17-year-old Sven Elfferich from the Netherlands set a new world record in the Ice Kilometer in 3.6°C water and 8°C air in Altenwörth, Austria in 11 minutes 55.40 seconds.

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Rachael Elkaim Up For Health, Beauty & Wellness Woman of the Year

Courtesy of Dean Swimmer, Tamarama Surf Life Saving Club, Australia. The Bucket List, Bondi Business Women & Bondi Chamber of Commerce present the International Women’s Day Bondi on March 8th. Among the various categories (Business Woman of The Year, Mother of the Year, Humanitarian of the Year, Environmentalist of the Year), open water swimmer Rachael

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Sven Elfferich To Race At The Zollhaus Open In Germany

Sven Elfferich To Race At The Zollhaus Open In Germany Courtesy of WOWSA, Hermsdorf, Germany. The Zollhaus Open will be held on February 23rd in Hermsdorf / Erzgebirge in eastern Germany. Organized by event director Gerrit Curcio, International Ice Swimming Association official Christof Wandratsch, medical officer Sven Sudhoff, and referee Peter Erl, the event offers

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Ram Barkai, Martha Wood Swimming Fences In Near 0°C

Ram Barkai, Martha Wood Swimming Fences In Near 0°C Courtesy of Ram Barkai, L Street Bathhouse, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Rena Marie Demeo greeted the chairman of the International Ice Swimming Association Ram Barkai to the famed L Street Bathhouse with its Men’s Beach, Women’s Beach and Family Beach in south Boston’s 3°C – 4°C this

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Martyn Webster Talks About His Barraesque Year

Courtesy of WOWSA, Lake Zurich, Switzerland. Martyn Webster enjoyed and experienced a Barraesque year last year in 2018. The 51-year-old British, one of the World’s Top 50 Most Adventurous Swimmers, received the 2019 Barra Award for Most Outstanding Year of Marathon Swimming (all considered) from the Marathon Swimmers Federation. * On April 14th, he completed

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