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‘On September 19 we celebrated the eighth edition of the MARNATON eDreams Cadaqués. A spectacular day of open water that had more than 1,200 participants swimming. There were two courses: the legendary Cap de Creus-Cadaques (6.5km) and 2km swim from Caials to Cadaques. Younger also enjoyed the sea in the Marnaton Kids event.’ https://youtu.be/w5P_UpPS0uU

Divers in Crimea have erected a large cross in the shape of an anchor off the Crimean coast. It heralds the start of construction work on building what they promise will be a full blown underwater church. The three-ton cross is just the beginning of an ambitious plan by Archimandrite Tikhon, a diving enthusiast and the project’s initiator. “The underwater church will look like a church. There will be icons inside – just like in a real church. Most probably they will be bas-reliefs of icons in stainless steel or stone,” RIA Novosti cites him as saying. See RT https://youtu.be/aIRErhcCdfs

Wealthy boaters looking for a cool pleasure craft or water taxi that will keep them comfortably out of the elements might want to check out the $150,000 Jet Capsule. The boat was unveiled back in 2013 as a prototype and will launch to the public next year. The production version keeps the somewhat strange pod-like proportions of the prototype. See Slashgear https://youtu.be/RaKZmUr3aZY

The mayor of St. Pete Beach has launched a fundraising effort after a weekend drowning off Pass-A-Grille. “This is a new program that we are initiating in response to this tragedy,” Mayor Maria Lowe said, referring to Saturday’s drowning death of Cameron Bullard, 9. “We want to empower the youth and even adults who can’t swim to get this skill,” she added. In broad terms, the mayor outlined a plan to subsidize swimming lessons for non-swimmers at the town’s community aquatic center. A fundraising target has not been set, but the mayor said the center currently charges $45 for 8…

Cork swim coach Eilis Burns was the only Irish finisher at the famously challenging Neda el Món in Spain. A group of 17 swimmers from Ireland entered the swim challenge near Barcelona to swim between the Illes Formuge and Illes Medes. Despite the swim challenge having only 24 previous finishers the Irish group went to Spain full of confidence and expecting the majority to complete the course. About 40 swimmers entered the challenge this year but only five completed the course. Read Irish Examiner https://vimeo.com/113804125 Photo by Lidia Esparraguera

So much for this year’s Great Ohio River Swim. The event, originally postponed to Saturday because of blue-green algae in the river, has now been canceled, according to event chairman Brewster Rhoads. “Given that recreational contact health advisories issued … in early September remain in effect, we do not want to take any chances that swimmers could become ill from participation in the event,” he said in a statement. People who already signed up will have their registrations honored at next year’s swim, scheduled for Sept. 25, 2016. Read WCPO https://youtu.be/2-OIQCtlNDM https://youtu.be/JjhJYlXjpZ4

Chinese swimmers excelled in the famous National Aquatic Centre, Water Cube, in Beijing on the occasion of the fourth leg of the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2015 which concluded in the Chinese capital today. In particular, Li Zhuhao, 16, established a World Junior Record in the men’s 50m butterfly on Day 1 as Chinese swimmers snatched 27 medals (8 gold, 9 silver, 10 bronze) over the two-day competition. https://youtu.be/1uiyWOH-ToE

Demonstrating how to strengthen a supine flutter kick. This position of the ball forces this rumor to kick up against the ball thus creating more strength and power. Make sure the swimmer kicks from the hips and not from their knees. https://youtu.be/eOLpT8CgK60

Courtesy of Ã…ngaloppet TV on YouTube and Simklubben Neptun in Stockholm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqL6THkE6Z8

A free diver swam with a whale shark off of the San Diego coast. Emily Callahan is a graduate from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and says this is an extremely rare occurrence. Callahan said whale sharks are almost never documented in Southern California. See ABC10 News https://youtu.be/WgGNPlmY2gU