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If You Want To Swim Far And Fast, Try 8 Bridges Down The Hudson River

by | September 12, 2026 | open water swimming | 0 Comments

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing, so says David Barra, visionary and co-organizer with Rondi Davies, of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim. Swim long, move fast down the Hudson River.
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Milorad Rajšić Didn’t Just Swim … He Lives Swimming In Serbia

by | September 12, 2026 | open water swimming | 0 Comments

Milorad Rajšić has a history in the Plivački maraton Jarak-Šabac ("Peace Race") as a co-founder, 12-time winner, 28-year participant, promoter, commission, and event director since 1970.
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Lightning Rule – Carrying on Across Lake Memphremagog

by | September 11, 2026 | open water swimming | 0 Comments

Phil White announced a new lightning rule for marathon swimmers in and across Lake Memphremagog, prior to Dave Berry's 17 hour 59 minute In Search of Memphre crossing.
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How The Pros Navigate Turn Buoys In Open Water Races

by | September 10, 2026 | IMSHOF, marathon swimming | 0 Comments

How do the world's fastest open water swimmers navigate buoy turns? How do they line themselves up at the start? Watch the men tackle the turns at the 3 km Knockout Sprint at the Setubal World Cup.
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How Much Is Too Much?

by | September 10, 2026 | IMSHOF, marathon swimming | 0 Comments

How far should swimmers push themselves? How far should coaches and crews push their swimmers? These are difficult questions to answer and different for everyone.
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Steven Muñatones

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Steven Muñatones was an American water polo player, a collegiate swimmer, and an open water swimmer from Huntington Beach, California. He has been a coach, administrator, writer, race director, kayaker, paddler, official, observer, author, lifeguard, reporter, Olympic commentator, aquapreneur, and adviser in the the sport of open water swimming.

He founded the World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Oceans Seven, WOWSA Awards, Openwaterpedia, KAATSU Global, and KAATSU Research Foundation and served as an ambassador for the American Heart Association. He has written over 21,344 articles on open water swimming, water polo, and KAATSU to date. He created the www.imshof.org, www.openwaterswimming.com, www.openwaterpedia.com, and www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimming.com websites among many others.

He received the 1984 Harvard University John B. Imrie Award, 1990 Guinness World Record, 2001, 2005, 2007 USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Committee Award, 2002 Honor Swimmer, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, 2007 & 2010 USA Swimming Glen S. Hummer Award, 2010 Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2016 Poseidon Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2018 Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame, 2019 Honor Contributor – Media of the International Ice Swimming Hall of Fame, and 2022 Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.

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