Category: Open Water
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Teri Wells Attempting English Channel Swim
See News10 For the past several months, Teri Wells has lived in a swimming pool preparing for one of the most grueling challenges known to swimming- cross the English Channel.
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Henley Swim 2013
“Four Birds A Boating crew member Sarah Weldon competes in her first ever open water swim.” Really nicely made video!
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Ian Thorpe swimming in the cool waters of the Bosphorus
Photo of Ian Thorpe swimming in the ‘cool waters of the Bosphorus’, when backing the 2013 Bosphorus Cross-Continental open water swim in Istanbul and the Istanbul 2020 Olympic bid. Ian Thorpe Boğaz'ın serin sularında! pic.twitter.com/a4dBQmGqFn — İstanbul 2020 (@istanbul2020TR) July 6, 2013 Hürriyet Daily News writes that even if he just swam a short ‘show…
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Swim The Island – The Ultimate Sea Water Experience
“Be fast, be wild, be cool. A great water experience.” See swimtheisland.com Swim the Island: a water experienceWatch this video on YouTube
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Fourth consecutive win for Bosphorus Cross-Continental champ Musluoğlu
Read Hürriyet Daily News and see bosphorus.cc Hasan Emre Musluoğlu from Turkey received the gold medal among the 1,532 swimmers at the 25th Bosphorus Cross-Continental Races yesterday in Istanbul, marking his fourth consecutive win. Another Turkish swimmer, Bertuğ Çoşkun, and Russia’s Evgeny Bezruchenko came in second and third respectively. Musluoğlu finished the 6.5-kilometer race across…
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World’s first: Google Glass swims in New York City’s East River
They are waterproof, y’know http://youtu.be/kOaVNtdwKTM
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Setting off from Shakespeare Beach
“Pre-swim vaseline and pep talk before setting off from Shakespeare Beach. Next stop: France.” I guess it is this guy, Jason Connor swimming the English Channel in July 2013 Setting off from Shakespeare Beach from Jason Connor on Vimeo.
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Rip currents kill two swimmers in Florida
See wptv.com Two people have died after apparently getting caught in strong rip currents. Fourteen-year-old Dushay Morales of Winter Haven was swimming with his younger brother near Anna Maria Island when he disappeared Saturday afternoon. Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputies discovered his body Sunday morning. In a separate incident, a 30-year-old man drowned while swimming…
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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…