Category: Open Water
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British Prime Minister David Cameron stung by jellyfish in Lanzarote
See for instance Sky David Cameron has reportedly been stung by a jellyfish while swimming in the sea at a Lanzarote holiday resort. According to reports the Prime Minister was said to have ignored warnings after locals spotted a number of the stinging marine animals at the island’s Arrieta beach. According to the Daily Mirror,…
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Diana Nyad: Never, ever give up
See TED In the pitch-black night, stung by jellyfish, choking on salt water, singing to herself, hallucinating … Diana Nyad just kept on swimming. And that’s how she finally achieved her lifetime goal as an athlete: an extreme 100-mile swim from Cuba to Florida — at age 64. Hear her story. [ted id=1896 lang=en]
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British Pathé – World’s Richest Swimming Prize (1932)
“Toronto. World’ Richest Swimming Prize. Margaret Ravoir wins £2,000 for third year in succession.” Here is a video from when she won in 1930
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Diana Nyad talks about new purpose battling child abuse
See wfaa.com In 2013, on her fifth attempt and at age 64, endurance swimmer Diana Nyad successfully fulfilled her lifelong dream of completing the 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida. She stopped by News 8 Wednesday as she came through Dallas to serve as keynote speaker for the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center’s 7th annual luncheon.…
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Human remains found in search for woman ‘taken’ by large shark in Australia
See CNN A cap and goggles belonging to a 63-year-old woman presumed to have been “taken” by a large shark while swimming off the coast of Australia have been found, along with human remains, police said Friday. The search for Christine Armstrong was ongoing Friday morning, New South Wales Police said in a statement. Armstrong…
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Thane Williams and Jonno Proudfoot complete 459 km in 24 days
Read The Citizen South African swimming duo Thane Williams and Jonno Proudfoot have completed a 459km swim in 24 days, their spokespeople said on Friday. The two swam from Mozambique to Madagascar. “This is an incredible feat and by no means ordinary,†they said in a statement. In one day Williams and Proudfoot swam the…
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63-year-old woman killed by shark during daily swim
Read for instance CTV News and see Brisbane Times A large shark killed a woman near her terrified husband and friends as they took their daily morning swim Thursday off a popular Australian east coast beach, police said. Christine Armstrong, 63, was taken by the shark as she attempted to swim the 600 metres between…
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Maurer (GER) and Ferry (NED) dominate Grand Prix race in Cancun
Press release from FINA FINA OPEN WATER SWIMMING GRAND PRIX 2014 A total 36 swimmers (14 women and 22 men) from 16 countries took the plunge in the third leg of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix 2014, organised in Cancun (MEX) on March 29. Powerful Angela Maurer from Germany took out the women’s…
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Fibromyalgia sufferer takes on her chronic pain by training to swim the English Channel
See The Washington Post When the drugs and the doctors and the physical therapists failed her, Katie Pumphrey had one choice left: She could run from pain or confront it, curtail her lifestyle or push it as far as pain would allow. Pumphrey, a 26-year-old swim coach and painter who has been in chronic pain…