Category: Open Water
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Warming Up and Stretching for Open Water Swimming
It can be tough to fully acclimatise to conditions ahead of an open water swim, but there is plenty you can do on land to get yourself ready Whether you’re training or competing, a thorough warm up is essential before getting into the water In this video, World Championship medallist James Wilby demonstrates some key…
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Search for 2 boys missing off Queens shoreline
Search efforts will resume Wednesday morning after two teenagers were reported missing in the water near Rockaway Beach in Queens.
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First Mermaid to Swim 10K in the World
On October 6th Estonian professional swimmer Merle Liivand will be swimming the Los Angeles Olympic Test course with the Mermail Tail. This 10 km (6.2 miles) swim has never been done by Mermaid Tail and she hopes to be the first person in the Earth to do it! She fights for our Oceans while swimming…
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Breast Cancer Survivor’s Record-Breaking Swim
Ultra-marathon swimmer Sarah Thomas talks about going from her battle with breast cancer to her amazing swim across the English Channel. https://youtu.be/stq1j0qnO5o
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75-year-old dies in rip current at Outer Banks beach, North Carolina officials say
A 75-year-old man got caught in a rip current and died over the weekend at North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The New York man was swimming in the ocean at Cape Hatteras National Seashore on Saturday afternoon with another person when he got caught in a rip current, according to a release from the National Park…
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Weertman and Bridi, winners at FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in Chun’an
Rio 2016 Olympic champion Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands and Arianna Bridi of Italy snatched the gold medals at the ninth and last stop of the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series 2019 in Chun’an, Zhejiang province, China, on Sunday September 29, while Kristof Rasovszky of Hungary and Rachele Bruni of Italy kept leadership of the…
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Swim Serpentine 2019: Swimming 1 mile in Hyde Park for the 26,500 people affected by NF in the UK
Congratulations to our amazing NTUK Dolphins on completing the Swim Serpentine on a wonderful day in Hyde Park! Why not register for next year’s event? https://nervetumours.org.uk/get-involved/challenge-hub/swim-serpentine
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2019 Swim Loch Tay – Tay Fitness Events
On the 15th of September 2019 Tay Fitness Events held their first swimming event in Loch Tay at the Loch Tay Highland Lodges site.