Category: Open Water
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Seine Olympic Swimming Test Cancelled as Heavy Rains Damage Water Quality | France 24
Heavy rains have set back plans to test Paris’ readiness for swimmers to race in the River Seine at next year’s Summer Olympics but Games organizers say the waterway will be better prepared in 2024. Read France 24
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New Documentary Details How Vermont Man Overcame Alcoholism Through Swimming | CBS Boston
Ben Tuff joined the Morning Mix to share his journey about overcoming alcoholism through swimming
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Scots Swimmer Smashes Record for Oceans Seven Challenge | The Times and The Sunday Times
A Scotsman has achieved a record by completing the Oceans Seven challenge — the world’s seven toughest open-sea swims — in 355 days, beating the previous best by more than a year.
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Marathon Swimmer Becomes First Woman to Swim Around Staten Island, a 37-Mile Feat | NBC New York
During the middle of the night on July 9, marathon swimmer Leslie Hamilton voluntarily jumped into New York Harbor to complete her next big swim. She says she has swam in those waters plenty, and already knows what you’re thinking. “People were like ‘Oh she must have a third arm or three eyes. I was…
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Swim Teal Lake: Benefit for Diabetes Celebrates 20th Anniversary | Upper Michigan’s Source | TV6 & FOX UP
The Swim Teal Lake: Benefit for Diabetes has been seeing swimmers of all ages and skill levels for 20 years now.
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Poor Conditions Force Jim Dreyer to End Swim | WOOD TV8
Water conditions and boat fuel cut Dreyer’s trip short.
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Man to swim 82 miles across Lake Michigan | TMJ4 News
August is a month of milestones for record-setting swimmer Jim “The Shark” Dreyer. He turns 60 years old and he is also celebrating the 25th anniversary of his swim across Lake Michigan. See TMJ4
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Swimmer Crosses Georgia Strait From Vancouver to Nanaimo in 11 Hours | CBC Vancouver
A 39-year-old blind man completed his swim all the way from Vancouver to Nanaimo over the weekend. He did it to raise money for a cause near his heart. Claire Palmer was there for the triumphant moment when he swam his last stroke to shore.
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4 Singaporeans Make History by Swimming Across English Channel | CNA
A four-man relay team has become the first quartet from Singapore to swim across the iconic English Channel. They started from Samphire Hoe in England early this morning Singapore time and completed the 33-kilometer swim in 11 hours and 25 minutes, landing at Cap Gris Nez in northern France. The team comprises former national swimmer…