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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Getting in and out of a car – and most other places – as a lower body amputee is not easy. But Nicola Doran (51, Ireland, IISA bio here, @nicoladoran1) is also driven to get in and out of her car often. To go to the coast around her hometown of Donaghadee in Northern Ireland. […]
Sand In Very Unlikely Places Read More »
Wow. After landing in Dublin via a nearly 11-hour flight from LAX, I traveled to Belfast, then Bangor, and then Donaghadee in Northern Ireland. My plan is to watch Andreas Waschburger (38, Germany, MSF bio here, IISA bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @andreaswaschburger) attempt a 35 km crossing of the North Channel from Donaghadee to Portpatrick,
First Impressions and First Sights of the North Channel Read More »
Eleftherios Tarkasis, George Mathas, Diogenis Tsonis, Tasos Papadopoulos, Vasilis Karatziovalis, Paraskevi Ougrenidou, and Michaela Fyrgadi helped organize the Cholomon Ice Swimming event, the first for Greece.
A Greek First, Ice Swimming on Mount Cholomon Read More »
Several new para swimming world records are expected to be set in Molveno, Italy at the upcoming IISA 6th World Championship where the water will be ICE cold
Expect Very Fast Para Swimming at the IISA 6th World Championship in Molveno Read More »
Nicola Doran has had quite a last 12 months with ice swimming, para swimming, and marathon swimming exploits piling up.
Nicola Doran Sings While She Swims … Fast to Fastnet Read More »
Nicola Doran achieved the Ice Triple Crown by completing a high-altitude Southern Ice Mile in Lake Aguelman Sidi Ali in Morocco.
Nicola Doran Achieves Two Firsts in Completing the Ice Triple Crown Read More »
Gerald Daringer achieved the Ice Triple Crown by completing a high-altitude Southern Ice Mile in Lake Aguelman Sidi Ali in Morocco.
Gerald Daringer Achieves The Ice Triple Crown Read More »
The Winter Relay of the English Channel was a success as the men’s team completed the first crossing in January in a time of 14 hours 45 minutes
The Winter Relay Sets The Standard Across the English Channel Read More »