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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dr. Tim Johnson, a captain and professional engineer, wrote a book entitled History of Open-Water Marathon Swimming that was based on his background in navigation for swimmers in the around Manhattan Island Marathon Swim and development of computer analysis for that swim course. After a study of historical swims, […]
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Swimming Canada Honors Eric Hedlin Courtesy of FINA. Eric Hedlin and Stephanie Horner were honored as Swimming Canada’s Male and Female Open Water Swimmers of the Year based on their performances at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Chiba, Japan. Hedlin won a silver medal in the 10 km race in Chiba, Japan. Hedlin
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Courtesy of Kevin Light. Three-time Canadian Olympian Stephanie Horner of Beaconsfield, Quebec has proved herself in the pool and she is gradually proving herself in the open water. Horner finished 8th in the 10 km race at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Chiba, Japan to earn Swimming Canada’s Female Open Water Swimmer of
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The Great Wave off Kanagawa courtesy of Katsushika Hokusai, Sagami Bay, Kanagawa, Japan. The Great Wave off Kanagawa (神奈川沖浪裏), also known as The Great Wave or simply The Wave, is a famed ukiyo-e print by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, published sometime between 1830 and 1833 in the late Edo period as the first print in
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Courtesy of Marc-Antoine Olivier, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “With 200 meters to go in Copacabana Beach, I was very excited about the probability of earning an Olympic medal,” said Marc-Antoine Olivier. Ultimately over the last stretch of all-out sprinting in a tight pack of 8 swimmers, the then 21-year-old French open water swimmer earned a
Paris To Pittsburgh Trailer Courtesy of National Geographic Documentary Films, a RadicalMedia production. Set against the national debate over the United States’ energy future — and the explosive decision to exit the Paris Climate Agreement — ‘Paris to Pittsburgh’ captures what’s at stake for communities around the country and the inspiring ways Americans are responding.
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Courtesy of Ice Swimming Hall of Fame. South African Ram Barkai was one of the inaugural honorees of the Ice Swimming Hall of Fame. It is no surprise that Barkai was recognized as an Honor Swimmer and Honor Contributor – Administrator by the new organization founded by several luminaries in the ice swimming community, led
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Lake Tahoe 2017 from Colin Babcock. Colin Babcock is an American cinematographer and open water swimmer from California who served as captain of the Real Housewives of The Olympic Club that placed 3rd in the Trans Tahoe Relay in July 2018. His aerial views of the 2017 Trans Tahoe Relay are captured above. Copyright ©
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Courtesy of FINA, Hangzhou, China. Dutch freestyler Ranomi Kromowidjojo is back on top. After winning three Olympic gold medals in the sprint events at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games, she finished out of podium positions in her individual and relay events at the 2016 Rio Olympics. But she is returned to form by winning
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Courtesy of Ariel Calderon, Bering Strait, Russia to Alaska. “It was the most inherently dangerous relay in history in my opinion,” commented Steven Muñatones. “The logistical and operational requirements of this 6-day relay swim across the Bering Strait from Cape Dezhnev in Chukotka, Russia, to Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska, USA (passing both Big
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