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Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Daimon Club, Bucharest, Romania. Ger Kennedy interviewed Paul Georgescu before he attempted his Ice Mile in the Daimon Club located in Bucharest, Romania. On February 4th, he completed his Ice Mile in 3.02°C water and 8.00°C air in 22 minutes 43 seconds. © 2019 Daily News of Open Water Swimming “to educate, […]
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High-Altitude Swims Around The World Video courtesy of Madswimmer on the border of Chile and Argentina in the Andes Mountains. High-altitude swims are defined as open water swims held at least 1,000 meters above sea level. Some of these high-altitude swims include (from high to really, really high): 1,132 meters (3,715 feet): wild swimming in
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Courtesy of Stephen Millar, Irish Long Distance Swimming Association. Global Swim Series 11th Annual Awards for the 2018 Season & Ireland Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame will be held at Belfast Castle on February 9th – 10th. Organized by Stephen Martin, Paul McCambridge and Joao Santos, Lord Mayor Deirdre Hargey will give the welcoming address
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Courtesy of Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda, Río Coronda, Argentina. Italian men swept the podium at the Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda yesterday with their female teammate standing on top of the women’s podium. Francesco Ghettini and Barbara Pozzoban won the 45th edition that changed its traditional 57 km course down
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach. Joe Zemaitis is an inspirational athlete, coach, teacher and author from Arizona. “As a coach, I was motivated to help swimmers because I believe every child has a core genius, a natural talent, something he or she is particularly good at. In almost every child’s life there is someone or
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Courtesy of Marathon Swimmers Federation. Cameron Bellamy founded the Ubunye Challenge, an initiative to raise funds for sustainable development in the poorest areas of Africa through sports challenges. And what a challenge he accomplished in November 2018. On his second attempt, he completed a 90 km circumnavigation swim around the island of Barbados. His unprecedented
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Courtesy of Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda, Río Coronda, Argentina. 21 athletes competed in the 57 km 45° Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda from Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Italy, Macedonia and Venezuela. Watch the athletes race here today. Women Entrants: 1. Barbara Pozzoban, Italy 2. Pilar Geijo, Argentina 3. Rita Vanesa Garcia,
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Courtesy of Surfplas Ice Swimmers, Reeuwijk, Netherlands. The Surfplas Ice Swimmers Arthur van Dijk and Raymond Oosterbaan organized the first Bodegraven Ice Swim in Reeuwijkse Hout, Bodegraven-Reeuwijk in western Netherlands yesterday. Athletes raced 50m, 100m, 200m, 500m and 1000m races in 3.5°C water. Results to be posted shortly. Some of these athletes will compete in
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