Category: Open Water
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Singer Alex Fong raises over US$1 million for charity by swimming around Hong Kong Island
Former Olympian and Canto-pop star Alex Fong Lik-sun has raised more than HK$8 million (US$1 million) for a local charity by swimming around Hong Kong Island.The beneficiary, “A Drop of Lifeâ€, works to provide drinking water for impoverished communities in China, Nepal, and Cambodia.The 39-year-old celebrity swimmer says “education can eliminate poverty†and that having…
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Biggest ever Red Bull Neptune Steps event to be staged in Glasgow
2020 event doubles in size to meet growing demand
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Bhakti Sharma | What Open Water Swimming Taught Me About Resilience
Dive into the deep with open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma, as she shares what she learned about resilience during her personal journey from the scorching heat of Rajasthan, India to the bone-chilling waters of her record-breaking swim in Antarctica and her courageous crossing of the English Channel. “In the middle of the ocean, there is…
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The Great British Swim, one year on with Ross Edgley
The 4th November 2019 marked one year since Bremont Ambassador Ross Edgley completed his monumental swim around Great Britain. After 1,780 miles and 157 days it became officially recognised as “The World’s Longest Staged Sea Swim” with Ross becoming the first person in history to complete the challenge. Bremont caught up with Ross to recount…
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Return Your Head To This Position For Faster Swim Times | Open Water Swimming Tips
After sighting (looking forwards), a lot of swimmers keep looking forwards and it’s impacts on their speed. If you use the sight and breathe method and return your eyes to your normal position this can fix it. The exception, if you’re following feet for drafting.
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Anna Deacon: Swimming for a Reason
My focus is to find out what motivates people to swim in freezing cold water all year round. Mainly because I love it too and I realised, through doing it, that I was meeting some extraordinary people along the way, all with amazing stories
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Sun City Swim to kick start the 2019-2020 swimming season
The annual Sun City Swim is back to kick start the 2019-2020 open-water swimming season in South Africa. More than three thousand swimmers participated in the event.
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