Category: Open Water
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New Cold Water Guidance Supporting Swimmers and Venues | Beyond Swim | Triathlon England
Open water swimming can be a year-round activity that is as safe, enjoyable, and beneficial to participants in January as it is in July, with Beyond Swim’s Cold Water Guidance now available to accredited venues.
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The Olympian Who Escaped Syria by Swimming the Aegean Sea | Channel 4 News
Now like the tens of thousands of people crossing the Channel on small boats – it’s an experience shared by countless others who’ve risked their lives to make the dangerous journey to safety on European shores. The Syrian sisters Yousra and Sara Mardini – professional swimmers back in Damascus, found themselves on a sinking dinghy…
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Serious Warning of Eye Infections for Bathers | ILTV Israel News
Israel’s health ministry issues serious warning to swimmers in the Sea of Galilee; aka the Kinneret.
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Enjoy Cold Water Swimming Safely This Winter | Beyond Swim | Triathlon England
Yes, winter is indeed coming, as it always does every year – but that doesn’t mean you have to stop Open Water Swimming! Beyond Swim is here to support your open water experience, whether that’s a summer dip or the cold plunges of winter. Learn more about Cold Water Swimming at https://beyondswim.org/discover/
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Best Friends in Their 90S Still Swim in Their Hometown River Every Chance They Get | CBC Docs
Noreen Spence has lived in the rural village of Baie Verte, N.B. (population 300) almost her entire life. The 90-year-old raised her family here and still lives in the grand Victorian home where she grew up. Her 93-year-old friend Flora Annand grew up in the village too, in a family of 12 children. Annand says…
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British Swimmer Crosses Red Sea to Highlight Coral Reef Plight, Climate Change | Arirang News
And finally… in a world first, a person has swum across the Red Sea. British endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh completed the 123-kilometer swim on Wednesday. He did it to raise awareness of the dangers that the Red Sea’s coral reefs face,… as a result of worsening climate change. The UN Patron of the Oceans took…
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Swimming Inside a Melted Iceberg | Dave Malkoff
Lewis William Gordon Pugh, OIG, is a British-South African endurance swimmer and ocean advocate. Dubbed the “Sir Edmund Hillary of swimming”, he is the first person to complete a long-distance swim in every ocean of the world, and he frequently swims in vulnerable ecosystems to draw attention to their plight. Dave Malkoff catches up with…