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Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Doloranda Hannah Pember accepted a International Swimming Hall of Fame honor on behalf of her mother Mercedes Gleitze in 2014. Now, five years later, Pember wrote a biographer about her mother, In The Wake Of Mercedes Gleitze. While much has been written about the famed […]
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Chasing The Sublime from Amanda Bluglass, Devon, United Kingdom. Amanda Bluglass, a Cambridge-educated BBC news reporter, TV producer, documentary director/producer, and a University Lecturer in Media Arts, directed Chasing The Sublime, a film that features British wild swimmers Kate Rew and Kari Furre. The film was sponsored by The Outdoor Swimming Society in association with
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Courtesy of Shannon House Keegan, Talent, Oregon. Marathon swimmer and open water swimming coach Shannon House Keegan is looking for swimmers who have always been intrigued and inspired by marathon swimming to take her survey here. “You love the idea of walking up on the beach after completing a (really) long swim, but you think
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Video courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association 2015 World Championships in Murmansk, Russia. Excitement is building for the IISA 3rd World Championship and 1st Arctic Cup that will be held between March 14th – 17th 2019 in Murmansk, Russia. Sanctioned and organized by the International Ice Swimming Association under the leadership of Ram Barkai and
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Wild, Absolutely Wild In Conroy Pond Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Wild Water Armagh, Northern Ireland. Referee Tiffiny Quinn, medical officer Martina Ring, IISA official Noel Grimes, and event director Ian Conroy oversaw 6 races (1000m freestyle + 200m freestyle + 100m freestyle + 50m breaststroke + 50m butterfly + 4x50m mixed freestyle relay) at the
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Courtesy of Florian Lucas, Championnat de France de Nage Hivernale Open, France. The Championnat de France de Nage Hivernale Open (French Open Championships – Vichy) included a Ice Kilometer pool race that was held at the Stade Aquatique d’Agglomération de Vichy Communauté on February 1st in 4.8°C water. 19-year-old Marion Joffle won the 1000m freestyle,
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Courtesy of Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda, Río Coronda, Argentina. Damián Blaum is ready to swim another 57 km in the Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda in the Río Coronda in Argentina while his wife Esther Nuñez Morera and child Gala will be ready at the finish line on February 3rd.
Courtesy of Fédération Française Natation, Paris, France. EDF Aqua Challenge is a series of open water swims held in France from June to September, organized by the Fédération Française Natation. L’EDF Aqua Challenge 2019 Events: June 8th – 9th: 1.5 km, 3 km, and 10 km Drakkar à Rouen in Base de Loisirs de Bédanne
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Courtesy of Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda, Río Coronda, Argentina. 21 athletes will compete in the 57 km 45° Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda from Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Italy, Macedonia and Venezuela that will be officiated by Technical Director Jorge Delgado Panchana of Ecuador, Safety Director Morgan Toro Martinez of Puerto
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Courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association, Fraserburg, South Africa.
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