Category: Open Water
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FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships 2018 | Eilat (Israel)
The FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships 2018 will welcome the world’s best junior open water swimmers! More than 300 girls and boys will compete from 6 to 9 September in Eilat, Israel!
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Women Who Travel Podcast: A Record-Setting Swimmer on Seeing the World by Water
Meet Jaimie Monahan, an ultramarathon and cold-water swimmer who has pitted herself against some of the world’s harshest bodies of water—from the choppy Pacific to the glacier-filled seascape of Antarctica—all for the sake of, as she puts it, “pursuing new experiences.†This month, Monahan embarked on what is perhaps her greatest challenge to date: to become the…
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The Long Swim: Glowstick on Speedos
Lewis Pugh, oceans campaigner and endurance athlete, continues his ‘unrelenting’ mission through the dark sea.
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Ill health forces Dutch Olympian Maarten van der Weijden to halt long-distance swim
Maarten van der Weijden beat leukemia and went on to win an Olympic gold swimming medal in Beijing, but even his powers of endurance weren’t enough to complete his latest challenge. Ill health on Monday forced van der Weijden to halt his ambitious bid to swim the 200-kilometer (124-mile) route of an iconic speedskating race…
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Woman survives 10 hours in open water after cruise ship fall
A British woman fell from the deck of a cruise ship and spent a harrowing 10 hours in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Croatia before being rescued on Saturday.
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World Record Breaker. | Ross Edgley’s Great British Swim: E12
Records are there to be broken and that’s exactly what Ross Edgley has done this week. He’s now set the World Record for the longest ever staged swim. Most people would be happy with just that accolade, but not Ross, who’s quick to acknowledge, despite the celebrations, there’s still a long, long way to go.
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WATCH: Swimmers take a dip at 11pm during beautiful Irish sunset
Mike Pixie O’Gorman captured a stunning timelapse at Nun’s Beach, Ballybunion, as beachgoers enjoy the stretch in the evening and fine weather. https://youtu.be/oJf9RVbBP0g
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Ross Edgley breaks longest staged sea swim world record
Swimmer Ross Edgley broke the world record for the longest staged sea swim on Tuesday (August 14) when he completed 74 days in the sea as he attempts to swim around Britain. https://youtu.be/nbJcj1cedRg
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Excellent video from the 2018 Bosphorus Cross Continental Swimming Race
Turkey’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) organized on 22 July this year the 30th Samsung Bosphorus Cross Continental Swimming Race attracting 2404 swimmers from 52 swimmers, including a record 713 women.