Category: Open Water
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Woman pulled unconscious from Rottnest Channel Swim
A 47-year-old woman is in a critical but stable condition after a serious incident during the Rottnest Channel Swim at the weekend. The woman suffered a “serious health incident†while participating in the annual event on Saturday morning. According to Rottnest Channel Swim Association president Iain McCarrey, the woman received medical support while she was…
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Our Burj Al Arab Swim returns on March 8th 2019
Dubai Holding Burj Al Arab Swim is back this year on March 8th, presenting you with a chance to swim around one of the most iconic buildings in the world to raise funds that support obesity research by Al Jalila Foundation.
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aQuellé Midmar Mile 2019
Catch the aQuellé Midmar Mile this year on 9 and 10 February on SABC Sport YouTube! In order to handle the vast number of competitors, the swimmers swim out in 5 groups at three-minute intervals in 8 separate mile races over two days. The Saturday events start at 8:15 while the Sunday events start at…
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Kelleys Island Swim – Wishes Coming True across Waters
Jeni Hammond and Cindra Mielke have been swimming on Kelleys Island for more than 20 years to help make wishes come true. On Sunday, August 5, 2018, they took on Lake Erie to raise funds for Make-A-Wish® Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana!
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Solo Swimmer, Martin Hobbs to take on Lake Malawi
Solo Swimmer, Martin Hobbs will challenge himself in February 2019 as he takes on lake Malawi in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record of 480-kilometres swim across cross this the continent’s Great Lake. Martin will be face huge swells, strong currents, and a chance of encountering Africa’s most deadly inhabitants in an effort…
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Introducing the New Covent Garden Soup Swimmers
For some, winter means curling up on a couch with a blanket and watching it drizzle outside. For the New Covent Garden Soup Swimmers, it means warming up with a delicious bowl of soup and heading down to their local pond for a freezing dip, even if it means cracking the ice to get in!…
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Swim Secure – Wild Swim Bag
A innovatively designed inflatable dry bag with shoulder straps, waist and chest straps. Head off for a hike or run, remove the shoulder and chest straps and it’s a dry bag/tow float.
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The 30th annual CUC Sea Swim
Cayman’s athletes completed one last holdover from 2018 on Saturday: the 30th annual CUC Sea Swim. The 800-meter race, originally set for Oct. 6, and then for Dec. 1, had been rescheduled due to weather conditions. On Saturday, however, swimmers encountered pristine waters and clear skies at Seven Mile’s Governors Beach. Overall winner Alex Dakers,…