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Courtesy of WOWSA, Olympic Club. Not only did Margarita ‘Tita’ Llorens Begur win the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year for her valiant 37-hour attempt to swim 90 km between Ibiza and Javea in Islas Baleares, Spain. The 49-year-old president and inspiration of the Menorca Channel Swimming Association trained with a 42 km […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Cook Strait, New Zealand. Lynton Mortensen of Brisbane, Queensland became the first Australian to complete the Oceans Seven with his 14 hour 14 minute crossing of the Cook Strait today. The 54-year-old, nicknamed the Sea Bull, was the 12th person in history to swim across the 14.4 km Strait of Gibraltar (Spain
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Sfax, Tunisia. Before Nejib Belhedi set off on a 76 hour 30 minute 120 km Sfax to Djerba Marathon Swim in his native Tunisia this year, he created a branded series of solo swims called World Iron Swim by pulling boats with children, camels and people of increasingly greater weights between 2015
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Zorro Keeps The Dream Afloat Courtesy of Marianne Wieland de Alvarez, Honu Para Swim Team, Vancouver, Canada. Marianne Wieland de Alvarez, the coach and manager of the Honu Para Swim Team talks of Pedro Rangel Haro of Mexico. “Pedro is an impressive and courageous Para swimmer with an amazing history of achievements. In 2018, he
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Courtesy of Laura Aguon, Science, off the coast of Waikiki Beach. Dr. Angel Yanagihara has been studying jellyfish for over two decades. A recent article in Science describes her professional situation, “Among the world’s public health problems, jellyfish stings may seem trivial.” But not to Dr. Yanagihara, ocean swimmers or anyone who has been stung
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Cameron Bellamy Rounds Barbados In 40 Hours 43 Minutes Courtesy of WOWSA, Barbados. Cameron Bellamy has had quite a year. First he became the first South African to complete the Oceans Seven. Then he attempted a Swim Around Barbados. He did not finish his first attempt in September when he swam for over 27 hours
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Wellbrock Wins. TBD In Tokyo Courtesy of FINA, Abu Dhabi, UAE. It is still a long way off to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but Germany’s Florian Wellbrock can possibly achieve a Mellouli Double (competing in both the 1500m and marathon swim at a single Olympics). There is a strong possibility that Wellbrock will face 2016
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Courtesy of Red Bull, San Francisco, California. Ross Edgley flew to San Francisco, California to attend the Open Water Summit only five days after completing his 157-day Great British Swim (UK). Tired and exhausted from the 3,218 km assisted stage swim around the coastlines of England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland for sure, but the constantly
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Ana Marcela Cunha Wins 4th FINA World Series Title Courtesy of FINA, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The hard work keeps paying off for Ana Marcela Cunha who won her seventh FINA series title on Friday. The two-time Olympian and recently inducted International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer won the 2018 FINA/HOSA Marathon
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Courtesy of FINA, Abu Dhabi, UAE. The overall winner of the 2018 FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series title was Dutch Olympic and world champion Ferry Weertman. Despite wrapping up his long season with a 7th-place finish in the10 km race held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates this last Friday, Ferry had enough to best
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