Category: Open Water
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Ferry Weertman – Epic Golden Stretch in TIGHT race | #FINABudapest2017​ | 10km Open Water
Relive Ferry Weertman’s final “golden” stretch in the 10km Open Water race at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest. It was a super exciting race with three very strong contenders sprinting for the finish!
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Tunisian Swimmer Oussama Mellouli Targets Sixth Olympics
Tunisian Oussama Mellouli is currently training to qualify for a sixth consecutive Olympic Games. If he successfully clinches a spot in the 10km open water event, he would become just the fourth swimmer in history to compete in six Olympics.
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Olympics Swimming Mellouli | Tunisian swimmer | Targets his sixth Olympics
Oussama Mellouli is currently training to qualify for a sixth consecutive Olympic Games. If he successfully clinches a spot in the 10km open water event, he would become just the fourth swimmer in history to compete in six Olympics (behind Therese Alshammar, Lars Frolander, and Derya Buyukuncu). The Tunisian participated in the Open Water Marathon…
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Carina Bruwer Completes Momentous and World-First 21km Open Water Swim in Aid of the Arts and the Tribuo Fund
Carina has become the first person to swim across Walker Bay, in a time of 6:36 in aid of the Tribuo fund and the performing arts sector of South Africa. She did so according to English Channel swimming rules, wearing only a costume, cap and goggles, and starting and finishing on dry land, without any…
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Fighting the Good Fight: Phillip Seidler, Open Water Swimmer
For excelling as world-class swimmer and creating an open water workshop that promotes safety in the sea, RMB Namibia has selected Phillip as the recipient of N$25,000 to help him make a splash in 2021.
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Introducing Open Water Swimming | Joanna Ogden | Minority Sports
I was joined by Open Water Swimmer Joanna Ogden, who talked about the mental benefits to the sport and why others should look to experience it!
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Stream With Lewis Pugh, the First Person To Complete a Longdistance Swim in Every Ocean of the World
Lewis Pugh is the first UN Patron of the Oceans. He is best known for swimming in vulnerable ecosystems to draw attention to their plight. – 2007 a swim across the North Pole in 2007 to highlight the melting of the Arctic sea ice. – 2010 a swim across a glacial lake on Mount Everest…
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Good luck at 2021 Australian Open Water Championships | Open Water Nationals | #mightyblues
Good luck to our #mightyblues​ this weekend at Swimming Australia’s 2021 Open Water Championships!
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Chasing The Sublime
From 2019 Alpkit are delighted to present ‘Chasing the Sublime’, a mesmeric glimpse at the physicality of long-distance cold water swimming by award-winning director Amanda Bluglass