Category: Open Water
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Michigan 10K Swim to Benefit Veteran Brain Health | CBS Detroit
Michigan veterans die from suicide at much higher rates than the rest of the population, according to recent Veteran Affairs data. The Step Up Foundation is working to prevent these deaths by funding research into veteran brain health. The 2024 “Find Your Way Home” swim in Grosse Ile will benefit the foundation.
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Athletes Celebrate Labor Day With a 1-Mile Swim Around Oceanside Pier | CBS 8 San Diego
More than 500 athletes rushed the shoreline in droves Monday morning for the 95th Annual Oceanside Pier Swim, tackling the mile-long route around the pier. “It is true, open ocean so you have the currents, you have the waves, you have those natural elements, but today we had really good conditions,” said Race Director Sabrina…
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Swimming 510km Non-stop | Official World Record (Yukon River) | Ross Edgley
How far can a human swim non-stop? No sleep, no rest and no touching land. On June 16, 2024, we wanted to find out and embarked on a 510km (317 mile) non-stop swim down the Yukon River (Canada) in water temperatures as low as 8°C (46.4°F). Now ratified as an Official Guinness World Record, the…
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European Migrant Crisis: Hundreds of Illegal Immigrants Swim Into Spain’s Ceuta Enclave From Morocco | The Economic Times
Hundreds of migrants took advantage of a thick mist to swim to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from neighboring Morocco on Sunday (August 25) and early on Monday (August 26), local police said. Spain’s two enclaves on Morocco’s Mediterranean coast, Ceuta and Melilla, share the only land borders of the European Union with Africa. The…
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Hundreds of Swimmers Cross the Ohio River for Charity | Local 12
Swimmers plunged into the river on Sunday morning for the annual Ohio River Swim See Local 12
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Hundreds of Participants Attend Great Ohio River Swim in Honor of Bill Keating Jr | WLWT
Hundreds of participants attend Great Ohio River swim in honor of Bill Keating Jr.
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Thousands Swim Between Continents in Iconic Istanbul Race | DW News
Did you know you can swim from Asia to Europe? That’s exactly what nearly 3,000 people from all around the world did in Turkey’s largest city Istanbul this weekend, in the famed Bosporus Cross-Continental Swimming Race.
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Olympian Katie Grimes Admits She Was ‘Nervous’ To Swim In Dirty Seine River | TMZ Sports
Katie Grimes admittedly had some things other than her opponents on her mind before hopping into the Seine River at the Olympics earlier this month … telling TMZ Sports she was actually “nervous” about the water’s cleanliness.
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Chicago River Swim to Be Held in Lake Michigan Due to Safety Concerns | ABC 7 Chicago
Although the event will begin on the river, swimmers won’t actually get to swim through the heart of the city. Read ABC 7 News