Category: Open Water
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Lewis Pugh – Seven Swims; Arabian Sea
Ocean advocate and endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh is undertaking the first long distance swim in all the 7 Seas (Mediterranean, Adriatic, Aegean, Black, Red and North Seas) to highlight the urgent need for more Marine Protected Areas (essentially national parks in the sea).
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Bianchi and Bridi overall winners of the Castellabate 2014 LEN Open Water Swimming Cup
LEN European Open Water Swimming Cup, Final – Castellabate (ITA) Italians sweep overall titles Italy’s Andrea Bianchi and Arianna Bridi won the respective overall titles in Castellabate in the two-day final of the LEN European Open Water Swimming Cup series. A tough challenge awaited those who went for the highest ranks in the general classifications:…
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Hundreds of swimmers take a dive for Dublin’s Liffey Swim
First man home was Ger Wilkes, from Malahide and a member of North Dublin swimming club. “The hardest bit thinking people are coming up behind you, thinking, ‘Am I doing enough?’ I knew I was in the lead from about the Hal’penny Bridge. It was only a matter of hanging on then. O’Connell Bridge is…
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81-year-old Veteran to Swim from Alcatraz to Raise Money for Korean War Memorial
An 81-year-old Korean War veteran is making a big push to raise money for a local war memorial by making the one and a quarter mile swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco in the 19th annual Alcatraz Invitational on Sunday. Wally Stewart got in some final training laps at the Finley Aquatic Center in Santa…
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Lewis Pugh – Showreel
Lewis is the first to complete long distance swims in every one of the world’s oceans – including the waters around the melting ice cap. He’s witnessed retreating glaciers, coral bleaching and changing patterns of migration, and now focuses on raising awareness of the fragile maritime environment. He’s also swum across a lake on Mount…
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2nd FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
5-7 Sep 2014, Balatonfured, Hungary. Video courtesy of Magyar Úszó Szövetség http://youtu.be/0QvxSivcxGk
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Revishvili and Bostashvili win Tbilisi Open Water Marathon 2014
On 7th september 2014, the 2nd Tbilisi Open Water Marathon was arranged in Tbilisi, Georgia, by the Georgian Swimmer’s Club. Around 85 swimmers from all around Georgia competed, including national, youth and EYOF team members and Georgian record holders. Prize money was 400 GEL for 1st place, 200 for 2nd and 100 for 3rd, and…
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South African Heart Surgeon Becomes Oldest to Swim the English Channel at 73
On Saturday 6 September 2014, 73 year-old Otto Thaning from Cape Town, South Africa, became the oldest swimmer to cross the English Channel. He completed the “Everest of Open Water Swimming†from Dover (England) to Wissant (France) in 12h52, covering a distance of 36km as the crow flies; however, the total distance swum equaled more…
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Swimmer dies after Waikiki Roughwater Swim; other man collapses
A man who was hospitalized after nearly drowning in the 45th annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim event has died. Race director Kaia Hedlund tells KHON a lifeguard spotted the 49-year-old unresponsive in the water at Kaimana Beach just before 10 a.m. Monday. He was brought back to shore where CPR was administered until paramedics arrived. Hedlund…