Category: Open Water
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College and high school swimmers utilize Saginaw Bay to continue practicing during pandemic
College and high school swimmers utilize Saginaw Bay to continue practicing during the pandemic due to the indoor pools remaining closed.
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Alex Grove Begins Channel Swim for Acorns
Ex-Worcester Warrior’s star Alex Grove has embarked on an epic 16-hour swim across the English Channel for Acorns.
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Swimming to honour her father
Swimmer Raya Embury-Brown this weekend will attempt to swim 10 kilometres across the North Sound in honour of her late father, Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Brown.
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Russian swimmers complete eco-relay across Lake Baikal | AFP
A group of Russians complete an icy swim across Lake Baikal in Siberia in an effort to draw attention to ecological threats facing the world’s largest freshwater lake.
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Massachusetts man swims across English Channel in latest long-distance feat
Craig Lewin, of Canton, completed the 20-mile trek last month, marking the third long-distance swim he has completed.
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13-year-old boy becomes youngest person to complete ‘Godfather’ swim across Lake Tahoe
A 13-year-old boy from Los Banos, California has become the youngest person to complete what’s known as the “Godfather” swim across Lake Tahoe. James Savage completed the 12-mile swim in less than seven hours. “We still say that every day, ‘He did what?’ That seems like a daily occurrence with him,” mother Jillian Savage said.…
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Avoiding Afterdrop | Simple Guide to Open Water Recovery | Propulsion Swimming
In this video, we have teamed up with RED Original to give you advice on how to recover safely after open water swimming and avoid the effects of Afterdrop!
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New record as Rasovszky wins cross Lake Balaton event
Swimming world champion Kristof Rasovszky won the 38th cross Lake Balaton competition in a record time here on Saturday. The 23-year-old completed the classic 5,200-meter distance between Revfulop and Balatonboglar in 57 minutes, shattering the previous record of 58 minutes and 33 seconds set by Mark Papp in 2016. Rasovszky represented Hungary at the 2016…
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Seven Oceans swimming legend Steve Redmond on his 40km swim from Baltimore to the Fastnet Rock
On this week’s podcast, Siobhan Cronin chats to sea swimmer Steve Redmond who was the first person to complete the Seven Oceans challenge, and just over a week ago he became the first person to swim to the Fastnet and back. Although he always praises his backroom team and family for encouraging him, there is…