Category: Open Water
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African-American hoping to inspire with 8-mile trek in Potomac River
Read myFOXdc.com Jeff Brown knows that when he dives into the chilly water of the Potomac River, he will be doing the right thing. As a kid, he heard all the myths about why black people can’t swim. “Like African-Americans physically are built not to swim. Our bones are too dense. We sink,” he says.…
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CC photo #515: Young swimmers inspecting the water in KlaksvÃk harbor
Ægir swimmers inspecting the water in KlaksvÃk, before the 2012 Seaman’s Day swim across the harbor. A hint of oil, we must confess.
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Swimmer to haul 2,000 pounds of bricks 22 miles across Lake St. Clair
Read CBS Detroit Long-distance swimmer Jim Dreyer plans to swim 22 miles across Lake St. Clair this summer while hauling dinghies filled with 2,000 pounds of bricks. He has made direct crossing of each of the five Great Lakes, and is scheduled to begin this one on August 5, to raise funds and awareness for…
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Russia’s Yevgeny Bezruchenko reveals five secrets of long-distance swimming
See Russia Beyond The Headlines Yevgeny Bezruchenko, a two-time world open water swimming champion and the director of Moscow’s MySwimSchool, shares some of the secrets of marathon swimmers with Moskovsiye Novosti. (Read full text for explanations…) You have to work with your fists No one likes to swim in dirty water Grease up What swimmers…
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Swimming in the rain
Clever gal, now she won’t get wet, “Susan swimming and singing in the rain in Blackrock, Galway.”
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Strel-swimming ready with a series of 7-day Croatian Island Hopping tours
Borut sends his greetings, Martin and him are back from their Lake Powell spring tours, returning there in October but before then arranging a series of tours in the beautiful Dalmatian coast area of Croatia. Go see strel-swimming.com, the summer trips are almost fully booked. They arrange video analysis also, y’know
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Uruguay Special Olympic team member Pablo Jose Perez drowns in Cayman open water event
Read The Washington Post and Cayman Islands News Police have now named the two men who died in separate water-related incidents this weekend. Pablo Jose Perez Larza, a member of the Uruguay Special Olympic team, who was in the Cayman Islands to participate in the Butterfield 800 meter swim, was found dead in the ocean…
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Canadian Marathon Swim at Toronto
An American boy is the first to emerge from big bathe in Lake Ontario. We need to get those steam whistles back in open water swimming. http://youtu.be/7_gOqxt72Z4
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Chloe McCardel prepares to swim from Cuba to USA
Chloe McCardel is doing final preparation for her world-record swim from Cuba to the USA without a shark cage or wetsuit. Angela Cox spoke to her about the attempt. http://youtu.be/3eRbTTmOtJk