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Alisa Fatum Sets New Ice Kilometer World Record Courtesy of Martin Tschepe, Veitsbronn, Bavaria, Germany. Alisa Fatum made a huge debut at Stage One of the International Ice Swimming Association World Cup Series at the 5th Ice Swimming German Open in Veitsbronn, Germany. Swimming in the fastest heat with the two former world record holders, […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Río Coronda, Argentina. 17-year-old Martina Oriozabala Frettes will be the youngest swimmer in history to compete in the Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda, 57 km down the Río Coronda in Argentina. The event has been held for the last 45 years. The Club Mendoza de Regatas member said, “Santa Fe
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Bloomberg Business Week speech in Shanghai in December 2018 Courtesy of Ocean Recovery Alliance, Hong Kong. In addition to organizing and promoting events such as the Hong Kong / San Francisco Ocean Film Festival, The Ocean Walk, the Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim, the Cold Half marathon swim, Sheko Challenge, The Five, Kids Ocean Day,
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Courtesy of Evan Morrison of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association near Santa Cruz Island, California. Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association reported a highly unusual and difficult channel crossing. “The 2019 Santa Barbara Channel swim season got off to its earliest start ever with an astonishing [30.5 km] winter crossing by Dr. Caroline Block from
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There is one constant on the FINA professional marathon swimming circuit: change. Races come and races go as the number and locations of the events change from year to year. 2019 will continue that trend. The 21st Maratón Acuática Internacional Ciudad de Rosario in Argentina will serve as the
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Courtesy of Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda, Argentina. The boatmen, pilots and escort crews of the amateur and professional marathon races around the world, including the Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda, Maratón Acuática Internacional Ciudad de Rosario, Traversee international du Lac St-Jean, Ohrid Lake Swim Marathon, Novi Vinodolski, Maratona del Golfo
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Ice Swimming In The Netherlands IISA Netherlands was established on September 4th 2017 by Richard Broer, Fergil Hesterman and Christa Hesterman-van Beers. The board of directors includes the three co-founders, Irene van der Laan, a dual inductee in the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, and Dr. Jac
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Courtesy of Shu Pu, Doug Woodring, Hong Kong. The 7th Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim & Cold Plunge races will be held in Hong Kong next Saturday, January 26th. Race director Shu Pu said, “The weather is going to be warm – sunny and up to 22°C forecasted. The 15 km Cold Half might not
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Courtesy of FINA. FINA announced its new Champions Swim Series for the world’s fastest pool swimmers. 45 men from 15 nations and 37 women from 17 countries were formally invited to take part in the three-stop 50m pool circuit (Guangzhou, China in April; Budapest, Hungary in May; and Indianapolis, USA in June). The invited athletes
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Video below courtesy of Ocean Navi, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. The World’s 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women is an annual list of audacious women who have performed courageously well in open bodies of water as published by World Open Water Swimming Association. The 2019 list only includes contemporary aquatic
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