Category: Open Water
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Decision Time. | Ross Edgley’s Great British Swim: E7
Having battled the waves to round Land’s End, it’s now decision time for Ross and the crew. Which way next? Do they go across to Wales for a shorter, but potentially more turbulent swim, or take the (much) longer but potentially more sheltered swim up the Irish coast?
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Ural Swim 2018. Official video
Official video report from the X-Waters Ural Swim 2018. 7-8 July, Lake Turgoyak. 350 participants.
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2,400 swimmers to cross Istanbul’s Bosphorus in cross-continental swimming race
Some 2,400 swimmers from 50 countries will take part in the 30th Samsung BosphorusCross-Continental Swimming Race to be held on July 22. Participants will swim the course, which will start at Kanlıca pier on the Asian side and end 6.5 kilometers later in front of KuruçeÅŸme Cemil Topuzlu Park on the European side. According to a…
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Long Swim: Is Lewis Pugh ready?
Endurance athlete Lewis Pugh will begin to tackle an unprecedented swim across the entire English Channel.
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English Channel Swimmer Chats With Vern Glenn
Mill Valley’s Melissa Blaustein discusses her 21-mile journey from England to France. (7-9-18)
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The Long Swim
Oceans Campaigner Lewis Pugh aims to swim from Land’s End to Dover in 50 days. How will he survive along this treacherous coastline?
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Ports of Auckland charged over death of ocean swimmer Leslie Gelberger
Charges have been laid against Ports of Auckland Ltd and one of its staff after the death of ocean swimmer Leslie Gelberger. Gelberger died on April 20 last year after going for a swim on Auckland’s North Shore. A passing ferry found his body, which was missing a leg, about 4pm the next day. Gelberger…
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Bay Area Teen Marathon Swimmer Goes for California’s Triple Crown
Angel More is just 15 years old but she’s already conquered the Catalina Channel, Alcatraz-to-S.F. and now she’s hoping to cross Lake Tahoe. Mary Lee reports. (7-6-18)