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Setubal Bay – Where North Carolina And Tunisia Meet

In an example of how international the global community of open water swimming is, American Catherine Vogt is the marathon swimming coach for Ous Mellouli, the Olympic gold medalist from Tunisia who...

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Ous Mellouli vs. Grant Hackett In The Open Water

At the 2008 World Open Water Swimming Championships, teammates, swimming fans and prognosticators were shocked when world and Olympic champion Grant Hackett did not qualify for the Olympic 10km...

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Gold Medal Strategies At The Olympic Marathon Swim

Ous Mellouli of Tunisia and Eva Risztov of Hungary are the 2012 London Olympics Games marathon swimming champions. Both athletes swam courageous, gutsy swims and they deserve the global accolades...

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Damian Blaum Travels The World

Olympian Damian Blaum of Argentina has had a long career in the professional marathon swimming community. He has swum all over the world: *Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli (36 km in Italy) in 2005,...

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Andrea Volpini Celebrates 10 Years On The Professional Circuit

Andrea Volpini has been a fixture on the professional marathon swimming circuit for over 10 years now. The 34-year-old policeman from Italy has taken time off to complete in over 40 races. His...

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Camps In Croatia – Open Water Continues To Grow

The story how marathon swimming began in Croatia started a long time ago under unusual circumstances. It all began when the actors of the Zagreb theatre troupe Histrioni performed Domagojada, a play...

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Finishing A Marathon Swim Barefoot And Barrel-Chested

During the first half of the 1996 Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda race in Argentina, Mohamed Marouf started to have shoulder problems early in the 57 km FINA Open Water Swimming Grand...

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Vadim Ilyuschenko Creates The Azov Sea Marathon

Vadim Ilyuschenko is an open water swimmer and race director from Donetsk, Ukraine. Like many others around the world, his passion for swimming and the open water is being manifested through the...

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Los Cabos Open Water Acuarium, A New 32 km Ocean Swim

Los Cabos Open Water Acuarium, A New 32 km Ocean Swim Courtesy of Diego Rivas, Los Cabos Open Water Challenge, San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Diego Rivas of the Los Cabos Open Water...

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Japanese Government & Media Attention On Tokyo Bay

Japanese Media Attention On Tokyo Bay Courtesy of All-Nippon News Network, Tokyo Bay, Japan. While there is plenty of inspirational news and interesting information about the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games...

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The Law Of The Jungle In The Open Water

The Law Of The Jungle In The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “When I think of successful ice swims, stage swims, marathon swims, and channel swims – and even DNF’s, it...

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The New Swim The Gold Coast

The New Swim The Gold Coast Courtesy of World Series Swims, Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Australia. World Series Swims will organize a new 21.5 km marathon ocean swim that spans the entire the Gold Coast...

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Olympic Marathon Runners Are Protected. What About Marathon Swimmers?

Olympic Marathon Runners Are Protected. What About Marathon Swimmers? Courtesy of International Olympic Committee, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. The International Olympic Committee (IOC)...

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Write On, Elaine Howley

Write On, Elaine Howley Courtesy of WOWSA, Boston, Massachusetts. From Captain Matthew Webb and Gertrude Ederle to Sarah Thomas and Ross Edgley, Elaine Howley is among open water swimming’s most...

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Jonathan Ratcliffe Makes The Oceans Seven A Family Affair

Jonathan Ratcliffe Makes The Oceans Seven A Family Affair Courtesy of WOWSA, Peterborough, UK. Not only did Jonathan Ratcliff uses his Oceans Seven channel swims to raise money and awareness for CROPS...

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Watching Over Many, Impacting All

Watching Over Many, Impacting All Courtesy of Kevin Murphy. One of the greatest coaches of endurance swimmers, Tom Watch [with glasses on left] died at the age of 93. Watch, a 1986 Honour Coach in the...

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Getting Outside To The Open (Water)

Getting Outside To The Open (Water) Courtesy of The Indoor Generation by VELUX. The Indoor Generation is an impactful campaign that succeeded in creating global awareness of how indoor environment...

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The New Stillwater 8

The New Stillwater 8 Courtesy of Michelle Macy, Portland, USA. Oceans Seven swimmer and Hall of Famer Michelle Macy announced the new and improved Stillwater 8. Macy first announced the solo marathon...

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Anna-Carin Nordin Describes Her Global Adventures On WOWSA Live

Anna-Carin Nordin Describes Her Global Adventures On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairman Ned Denison interviewed...

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Jaimie Monahan Channeling Julie Ridge, Around And Around Manhattan Island

Jaimie Monahan Channeling Julie Ridge, Around And Around Manhattan Island Courtesy of Mannahatta Project, Manhattan Island, New York. Julie Ridge set a Guinness World Record between August 16th and...

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