Category: Open Water
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Registrations for OCEANMAN Palamós now open
Special early-bird registration fees for the first 50 registered participants, December 15-21 On Sunday, May, 25, Palamós will see the second out of 5 competitions comprising the Oceanman circuit, 2015 international open water swimming series to be held in Spain and Italy. The biggest novelty and a definite highlight of the second running of the…
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Oceanman International Open Water Championships Series Launched
The international championship series Oceanman is born to become the first franchise in the world of open water swimming worldwide. The variety of 2015 locations features Altea (Alicante, April, 26), Palamós (Costa Brava, May, 24), Orta (Italy, June, 20), Cala Montgó (Costa Brava, September, 13) and the grand finale, the Oceanman European championship in Benidorm…
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Gertrude Ederle – First Woman to Swim the English Channel
Historical footage of Trudy’s Ederle’s Channel swim. The song Blackbird was a hit the same year. As it is with many open water ultra endurance swimmers, they usually have a song stuck in their head. Could this have gone through her mind on the day of her swim so long ago? Gertrude Ederle – First…
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Heather Jackson – An Ironman
An Ironman is designed to push the human body to it’s breaking point. Triathlete, Heather Jackson gives some insight as to what it takes to be an Ironman.
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Bering Strait Swim through the Eyes of Nuala Moore
With the seeds planted by American Lynne Cox, a team of hardened swimmers expanded upon her 1987 swim from Little Diomede to Big Diomede. Many of the world’s best ice swimmers from 16 countries realized years of planning in swimming from Russia to the U.S.A. It was the history’s most dangerous swim with large ocean…
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Chloe McCardel finishes 128 km World Record swim in the Bahamas
Australian marathon swimmer Chloe McCardel has successfully completed a world record 126km swim in the Bahamas. McCardel’s support team says the 42 hour effort between two islands is the longest open-water solo, continuous marathon swim in history. McCardel’s team say her effort surpasses a similar record set by Australian-British swimmer Penny Palfrey in 2011. Read…
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The perfect joy of swimming and running through London
In The Swimmer, John Cheever’s celebrated 1964 short story [pdf], Neddy Merrill decides to swim home via a dozen or so of his neighbours’ pools. Of course, to link this chain of water, he has to run across lawns, through woods and down busy roads. Inspired by Neddy’s watery journey, two south Londoners, Will Watt…
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Chloe McCardel’s World Record Swim Attempt From Eleuthera To Nassau Underway
Chloe McCardel started her solo swim from Lighthouse Beach, Eleuthera at 7.45 on Monday morning. She hopes to finish some 48 hours later in Nassau. The 29-year-old athlete from Melbourne is making the attempt under Marathon Swimmers Federation rules, which means she can’t intentionally touch her support boat or hold on to anything. McCardel last…