Category: Open Water
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Girl loses part of finger and 60 injured in Parana river piranha attack
See for instance MailOnline More than 60 swimmers have been injured in a mass piranha attack. The victims, including more than 20 children, were bitten by the shoal of meat-eating fish in Argentina. A seven-year-old girl lost part of a finger and other swimmers suffered deep cuts to their ankles, fingers and hands. Image courtesy…
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In Australia, Sharks Use Twitter To Warn Swimmers
Read key103 Sharks in Western Australia swimming close to popular beaches are using Twitter to send warning messages to surfers and swimmers. The unique project means beach goers can make an informed decision about whether to go in the water knowing a shark is nearby. Scientists have attached transmitters to more than 320 sharks, including…
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Swimmers take cold plunge in Berlin, London
Read the Atlanta Journal-Constitution While many stayed well fed and warm inside this Christmas, dozens of hardy swimmers braved the cold in Berlin and London on Wednesday, to take part in annual Christmas Day swims. Around 40 people dressed in Santa costumes gathered at Oranke lake in Berlin to conquer the 41-degree Farenheit water. The…
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6 top tips to see you safely through your Christmas Day Swim
Read thejournal.ie Everyone’s got their theory about how best to prepare for the plunge (usually involving tots of rum or whiskey), and the best way to regain a regular human temperature afterwards (again with the whiskey). But what’s the official advice? We got on to the folks at Irish Water Safety — here’s what they…
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Hundreds brave the 2013 Cheltenham Lido Christmas Swim
See Clouchestershire Echo With temperatures around to around 3C (37.4F), more than 250 swimmers stripped down to brave the freezing pool. The water registered at 6.5C (43.7F), surprising colder than last year’s 7C (44.6F) considering the clear skies and sunny weather. Famous names took to the pool, including Gloucester Rugby’s Dan Murphy and Cheltenham mayor…
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Fancy a ‘perishing’ swim? – ITN coverage of the 1965 Serpentine Christmas Swim
See Channel 4 Covering the news on Christmas Day is always challenging – and was equally so in 1965 when ITN sent their roving reporter John Shearer to Hyde Park to interview [and join] the regular Serpentine race swimmers.
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UK cold water champ Colin Hill happy to take Siberian sub-zero pool plunge
Read The Westmorland Gazette “To go across to Siberia for a winter swimming race and compete against swimmers from South Africa, USA, Estonia and South America was amazing,†he said. “I have done a lot of cold water swimming in the Lake District but this was an extension of what I have done before, it…
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Brooke Bennett returns to competition, calls Janet Evans her inspiration
Read The Examiner Three-time Olympic gold medalist Brooke Bennett announced that she would return to swimming in an effort to qualify for open water swimming at the 2016 Olympic Games. Bennett was last seen competing at the Olympics in 2000, where she won gold in the 400- and 800-meter freestyle events. Before that, Bennett won…
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Polish Ice Swimming Championships – Chojnice 2013
Polish Ice Swimming Championships – Chojnice 2013 from Jonathan Cowie on Vimeo.