Category: Open Water
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Check out “Secret Swims” and “Swim the Costa Brava”
See swimthecostabrava.com, they have an interesting open water swimming event coming up in 76 days (21-22 September 2012), and regular “Secret Swims” training sessions every Saturday and Sunday. This season our technical team offers all open water lovers the possibility to indulge in a different type of training in the most spectacular spots off the…
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Sean Conway Interview – Swimming Britain with Speedo
Sean is aiming to do the never been done before and swim the entire length of Britain. Sean will start his 1000-mile round trip in Land’s End and will need to swim further than the channel every day to stay on track. Follow his Swimming Britain adventure here on speedo.co.uk
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Rumbo Solidario “Gibraltar Strait Crossing 2013”
“Rumbo Solidario†is a sport association which offers us the human side of sports through sport challenges and it pursues charity aims. This summer they will swim across the Strait of Gibraltar to build a school in India and get a caravan of food for the Saharawi refugee camps in Tindouf (Algeria). “Rumbo Solidario†collaborates…
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Ian Thorpe looking forward to the 25th Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim
Read GiveMeSport The former Australian free-style swimmer Ian Thorpe is heading to one of the world’s greatest open water swimming competitions – the Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim. Thorpedo, who has set numerous world records throughout his glittering swimming career, stated his excitement at being involved in the event via Twitter. Excited about heading to #Istanbul next…
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III Marnaton de la Lluna. 2013
‘On the 01/06/2013, the Lluna Marnaton III was held, an event with its own personality. It is not just a journey, it is a 360° experience, a whole day full of activities for all the family in the Camping International De Calonge: children’s activities, swimming clinics, courses and racing kayaks.’
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Father electrocuted while swimming in Lake Cumberland
Read WKYT.com Kevin Short died Sunday in what officials simply describe as a tragic, freak accident. He was swimming with others near Garland Bend on Lake Cumberland when an exposed cord came too close to an aluminum ladder. “What happened was the cord went in between the ladder and the dock, it had a raw…
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“I’m Going For Cuba Again”: Diana Nyad Xtreme Dream 2013
“One More Time Xtreme Dream Cuba to Florida Swim Visit DianaNyad.com to see the latest updates.”
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Phoenix police officer saves swimmer in Hawaii
Woman was being pulled out to sea by current. Police released showing the woman jump into the water then almost immediately begin to struggle. See azfamily.com
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California man spends 7 hours in ocean to avoid drug arrest
Read Fox News and see The Huffington Post A California man wanted on a felony drug warrant surrendered to authorities Monday after spending more than seven hours swimming in the ocean off the coast of San Diego to evade arrest. Fox 5 reports 46-year-old John Michael White was approached by police officers Sunday night while…