Category: Open Water
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2023 South32 Rottnest Channel Swim 2023 Highlights | Rottnest Channel Swim
Done and dusted! Congrats to all of our swimmers, you crushed it A massive thank you to our paddlers, skippers, support crew, volunteers, friends, and family for making today so great. See you in 2024
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Thousands Take Part in Rottnest Swim | Sky News Australia
Around 2,500 people are taking on a 19.7-kilometer open-water swim from Perth’s Cottesloe Beach to Rottnest Island.
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Reality of a Professional Olympic Swimmer | Beyond The Game Podcast
GB Olympic Swimmer Alice Dearing shares how hard it is to be an Olympic swimmer, why she chose marathon swimming, and a small story about her short nails
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Cornwall Sea Pool Where You Can Swim by Floodlight | Cornwall Live
Floodlit evening sessions at a historic sea pool in Cornwall have been bringing light to cold water swimmers throughout the dark of winter. The organized swims making use of floodlights at Bude Sea Pool have given those leaving work after sunset the chance of a safe dip in the icy seawater. Open-water swimming has boomed…
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Chile’s “Ice Mermaid” Undertakes Longest Swim Ever by a Person in Antarctic Waters | Arirang News
In more record-breaking news A Chilean swimmer has undertaken the longest swim ever by a person in Antarctic waters. Wearing only a standard bathing suit Bárbara Hernández made the swim on Sunday in icy waters just off Greenwich Island near the Antarctic Peninsula. She swam 2.5 kilometers in 45 minutes in water temperatures of just…
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Thousands of Swimmers Have Taken the Plunge for Cole Classic at Shelly Beach | 7NEWS
Thousands of swimmers have taken the plunge battling it out in an annual Sydney race that’s become an institution at Shelly Beach. The Cole Classic’s history spans more than 4 decades and it’s proving more popular than ever.
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Record-Breaking Marilyn Jetty Swim as Hundreds of Marilyn Monroe Lookalikes Make a Splash | 7NEWS
The beach was overrun by lookalikes of the Hollywood bombshell, raising much-needed funds for cancer research.
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Chilean ‘Ice Mermaid’ Preps for Antarctic Swim to Support Marine Conservation | Pew
Antarctica’s Southern Ocean is known for its iconic endemic species—emperor, Adélie, chinstrap, and gentoo penguins; crabeater and leopard seals; and thousands more. Now you can add another to the list: “ice mermaid.” Bárbara Hernández, a Chilean cold-water swimmer known as the “Ice Mermaid” (“Sirena de Hielo” in Spanish), is en route with the country’s navy…