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Courtesy of Carl Kawauchi, Hawaii Channel Association, Hawaii. One of the uncompleted channel swims on the world’s stage is a difficult triple crossing between the Hawaiian islands of Lanai, Maui and Molokai. Swimming non-stop between the 13.5 km Pailolo Channel, 14.9 km Kalohi Channel and 14.1 km Auau Channel is a quite long marathon swim, […]
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Courtesy of Asociación Cruce A Nado Del Estrecho De Gibraltar, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain – Morocoo. Laura Gutiérrez Díaz of the Asociación Cruce A Nado Del Estrecho De Gibraltar gave tribute to the centers of Tarifa Tráfico and Tangier Traffic for their work in helping swimmers cross the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco.
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Courtesy of Bob Placak, RCP Tiburon Mile, San Francisco Bay, California. The 17th RCP Tiburon Mile from Angel Island to the shoreline in Tiburon was aired on Comcast, DirecTV, Dish, Dish Hopper and AT&T last week. Race founder Bob Placak says, “The 2018 race saw the best of pool swimmers and open water swimmers compete
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Courtesy of Ram Barkai of International Ice Swimming Association in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica. 14 swimmers completed the inaugural Antarctica Ice Kilometer Swim in two stages: in Port Lockroy on November 23rd and in Mikkelsen Bay on November 25th in the Southern Ocean along the Antarctic Peninsula. Official Antarctica Ice Kilometer Swim Times: 1.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “The longer I cover the open water swimming community, the more I become inspired by and awed by the exploits of swimmers in their 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. It may not be too much longer where we see centenarians enter in open water swimming competitions,” observed Steven
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Courtesy of Ram Barkai and Jean Craven in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica. Ram Barkai was the leader of the Antarctica Ice Kilometer Swim – and the last to enter the water of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica. There were 14 swimmers entered in the pioneering event – and all 14 finished and established a
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Courtesy of Ram Barkai of International Ice Swimming Association in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica. 41-year-old Alexander Brylin of Russia, 55-year-old Yunfeng Wang of China, 44-year-old Leszek Naziemiec of Poland, 52-year-old Paolo Chiarino of Italy, 54-year-old Andrey Agarkov of Russia, 33-year-old Samantha Whelpton of South Africa, and 51-year-old Sergio Salomone of Argentina, 45-year-old Clinton Le
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Courtesy of Ice Swimming German Open, Veitsbronn, Germany. During the 2018 Open Water Summit at the Olympic Club, International Ice Swimming Association founder Ram Barkai took questions from the audience including a question that specifically stated that ice swimming was irresponsible because of its inherent risk. “I thought Ram eloquently and reasonably answered the question
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Courtesy of Jean Craven, Southern Ocean, Antarctica. 7 swimmers kicked off to do the first official Antarctica Ice Kilometer Swim at Port Lockroy, a natural harbour in front of the Antarctic Peninsula. Heat 1 included 41-year-old Alexander Brylin of Russia, 55-year-old Yunfeng Wang of China, 44-year-old Leszek Naziemiec of Poland, and 52-year-old Paolo Chiarino of
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