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Courtesy of Colin Hill, Doha Bay, Qatar. Florian Wellbrock of Germany won the opening race on the 2019 FINA Marathon Swim Series in Doha Bay, Qatar. With his victory, Wellbrock has joined Ferry Weertman as the odds-on favorites for winning the 2019 FINA World Championships in Korea this summer and qualifying for the 10 km […]
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Courtesy of Colin Hill, Doha Bay, Qatar. Disappointed in 2008, 2012 and 2016, Ana Marcela Cunha got off to an excellent start in the build-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a victory on the opening stop on the 2019 FINA Marathon Swim Series. With her victory, the Brazilian dynamo is most definitely one of
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Courtesy of Colin Hill Swims, Kendal, United Kingdom. Kendal Mountain Festival is an Adventure Film Festival in Kendal, UK that celebrates adventure outdoor activities including outdoor swimming. Colin Hill hosted the Outdoor Swimming Session where Katie Maggs, Dan Duxbury, Calum Maclean and Colleen Blair spoke about their achievements and the sport. For more information, visit
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Glasgow, Scotland. Lewis Pugh, the United Nations Patron of the Oceans, will give the keynote speech to a sold-out crowd at Scotland’s International Marine Conference on February 20th at the University of Strathclyde, Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow, Scotland. Scotland’s vision is for clean, healthy, safe, productive and diverse seas that
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Volendam, Netherlands. Philippe Fort, a 54-year-old French athlete, recently became one of the few humans in history to achieve Iron Iceman status by completing both a certified Ice Mile by the International Ice Swimming Association and a full Ironman triathlon (3 times) in Nice, France. After completing the Ironman Nice in 2005
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Courtesy of Rory O’Connor, Boston, Massachusetts. The Navy SEAL Foundation Frogman Swim Series includes the original Tampa Bay Frogman Swim in Florida, the 3rd annual San Francisco Frogman Swim, and the inaugural Boston Frogman Swim that will be held June 2nd. Rory O’Connor explains, “These swims are first and foremost fundraising events with all proceeds
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Florian Wellbrock Sets The Bar, Wins In Doha Photo of Rob Muffels, Florian Wellbrock and Marcus Herwig courtesy by Eroll Popova. Leading a strong German finish with 4 swimmers in the top 10, Florian Wellbrock of Germany won the opening stop on the 2019 FINA Marathon Swim Series in Doha Bay, Qatar minus Olympic 10
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Doha Bay, Qatar. Disappointed in 2008, 2012 and 2016, Ana Marcela Cunha got off to an excellent start in the build-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a victory on the opening stop on the 2019 FINA Marathon Swim Series. With her victory, the Brazilian dynamo is most definitely one of the
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Courtesy of CSA, English Channel. The Channel Swimming Association has governed solo and relay crossings between the 33.8 km channel between England and France since 1927 and has implemented a drug testing policy since 2015. Michael Read MBE, president of the Channel Swimming Association, explains, “We believe that it is terribly important that our swimmers,
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Courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association, Murmansk, Russia. In the competitive ice swimming world, there are specific rules that dictate the starts and turns in order to ensure fairness and uniform procedures in the sport. The illustration on the left shows the acceptable and unacceptable ways to start a race with one hand on the
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