Category: Open Water
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Unprecedented end to end Lake Ontario swim set to start
“On Tuesday, five women will begin their historic attempt to swim the length of Lake Ontario, from Kingston to Burlington, in relays. Just after 10 o’clock on Tuesday morning, five women will stand barefoot at the edge of a lakeside dock, the land behind them and open water beyond their outstretched arms.”
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Swim Challenge Portugal
Promo for an open water event in Portugal, 14 September 2013. See www.swim-challenge.com
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BCN2013: Thomas Lurz (GER) Bronze medallist of Mens 5km
4-time 5K world champion Thomas Lurz from Germany talks about winning bronze this time, and about being nervous before the start.
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CC photo #567: That feeling
7-year-old Bjarki preparing himself mentally to meet the 7°C (45°F) warm ocean, here in the Faroe Islands. This at the G! Festival, yesterday July 21, 2013. The incoming mist wasn’t really helping, but made a nice shot. Me and Bartal and the boys are btw seen here in the official G! photo album, at the…
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BCN2013: Haley Anderson (USA), winner of Women’s 5km
First FINAtv interview of the day, Haley Anderson just after her victory in the women’s 5K at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.
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Bring On The Bay 3km Open Water Swim
This 3 kilometre, point-to-point, open water swim across beautiful Britannia Bay in Ottawa starts at the Nepean Sailing Club and ends at the Britannia Yacht Club. The swim is open to swimmers of all ages and abilities and provides a healthy way to enjoy some friendly competition while supporting a great cause. See www.bringonthebay.com
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Susan Taylor’s family ‘upset’ by £300,000 donation hoax
Read Belfast Telegraph The family of tragic cross-Channel swimmer Susan Taylor have said they are “disappointed and upset” after a six-figure donation for the fundraiser’s charity efforts turned out to be a hoax. Mrs Taylor, 34, collapsed just one mile from the French coast as she swam under the guidance of the Channel Swimming Association,…
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SAMS Elude and Diverter wetsuits are shark deterrents, chick magnets
(Or as my alternative cheesy title said: “SAMS Elude and Diverter wetsuits make the sharks say “Meh”, the dudes say “Yeah!” :-) Read The Guardian and POPSCI Scientists from the University of Western Australia, with designers Shark Attack Mitigation Systems (SAMS), have unveiled two new wetsuits that they say could save lives in the water.…
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Swim Across America
“Chris DeRose is live out at Lake Michigan talking to David McClellan, of Swim Across America, to talk about their two events this weekend to help raise funds for early stage cancer research.”