The full blog is posted on RunnersWorld since 2010-01-23

The original article is posted (with pictures) by Steven Munatones on DailyNewsOfOpenWaterSwimming since Friday, January 22, 2010

Among the nearly 20,000 swimmers who will be competing in the 37th Halfway Toyota Midmar Mile in South Africa, world champion and Olympic 10K Marathon Swim silver medalist Keri-Anne Payne (see below) is the female headliner in what will be one of the most competitive races in the history of one of the world's top open water competitions.

The full article is posted on Voxy since Friday, 22 January, 2010 - 16:19

Two New Zealand men have been honoured in international open water swimming awards. Sovereign New Zealand Ocean Swim Series director Scott Rice was named the Oceania Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, while top NZ ocean swimmer Kane Radford was awarded the title for Greatest Oceania Open Water Swim of the Year.

The full article is posted (with picture) on WAtoday since January 22, 2010

We're a little bit sore and sorry ahead of our assault on the WAtoday 2010 Rottnest Channel Swim.

My swim team name is Curly. I used to be a triathlete, but I got better.

Although we have swum to Rotto in a team of four since 2001, it would be fair to say our 2010 campaign has been disorganised, fractured and sub-athletic. The proud performances by previous Isn't Nature Wonderful teams have been callously disregarded by our current bunch of self-interested no-hopers.

The full article by Cédric Brout is posted (with picture) on Republicain Lorraine since 21/01/2010

L’équipe du Cercle nautique de Sarreguemines débute l’année demain, à l’occasion du meeting national de Chalon-sur-Saône.

The original article is posted by Steven Munatones on TheDailyNewsofOpenWaterSwimming (with pictures) since Thursday, January 21, 2010

Alexander Studzinski, is a gentlemanly understated, but fiercely competitive, professional marathon swimmer from Germany. Often overshadowed in the media by his countryman Thomas Lurz, Alexander is stars of the pro marathon swimming circuit.

This year, Alexander will compete in the world-famous Midmar Mile in South Africa and then will do the 5K and 10K races there before departing for the pro circuit.

Read the newsletter (2010-02-10) @ http://www.smartmailpro.co.nz/s.aspx?xr58=180F1CFD36D74B458CB80864D12E8410

You can find the full article by Gary Caffell on Wairarapa (with picture) since 21st January 2010

Masterton Masters swimmer Kirsten Cameron felt worse after the event than she did during it when winning the national Masters 2.5km open water championships at Taupo last weekend.

Cameron clocked 31mins 32.67secs and had three minutes to spare over second placegetter, Phillip Dickinson of Wellington, in what was her first serious open water swim since last October.

An aching shoulder did give her some discomfort on the way to victory but after settling into a good rhythm early on she was always confident of making a strong showing.

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http://www.modbee.com/life/buzzz/story/1016114.html

The full article is posted by Steven Munatones on thewaterisopen with pictures since 19.Jan.10

Mauro Giaconia swam 101K (62 miles) in 24 hours in an exhibition of endurance in the world's largest pool for the opening of San Alfonso del Mar on the west coast of Chile, about 100K west of Santiago, Chile's capital and largest city. He talked about his world record and his training with Jose Diaz of Nadandolibre (Free Swimming).

The full article is posted by Craig Ross on Cairns with picture since Thursday, January 21, 2010

AFTER pushing himself through thousands of laps of the Tobruk Memorial Pool, Cairns swimmer Ted Bunt believes he is in top shape for his Australia Day 42.2km marathon challenge.

Far from having lost his mental faculties, Bunt has a good excuse for putting himself through a feat of endurance that would have many keeling over just contemplating the idea.

The 49-year-old is hitting the water to raise money for Camp Quality, and although his training is tapering off, Bunt is feeling good ahead of his marathon – well, mostly.

The original article by Steven Munatones is posted on dailynewsofopenwaterswimming since Wednesday, January 20, 2010

The original article by steven Munatones is posted (with pictures) on The Water is Open since 9.Jan.10

If the world of open water swimming has a man behind the scenes, certainly Chris Guesdon is that man who has been selflessly and passionately devoted to the sport for over 44 years.

Chris Guesdon, the mastermind behind the vision of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim and its inclusion in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics has been involved in the sport as an organizer, administrator, official, escort, lobbyist, swimmer, historian and documentor-extraordinaire.

Diana Nyad; Worlds Greatest Long Distance Swimmer and Bonnie Stoll ...
would lead Nyad to claim the world's long distance swim championship & being inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Nyad wrote in an elementary ...

Queens of the pool
Werribee, Hoppers Crossing Star
... Scott also achieved success in the open water last year, winning gold in the 1km Hazlewood Open Water Swim for swimmers aged 10 to 12. ...

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2010-01-19 - Newsletter:

Baker takes Taupo open water title
Manawatu Standard
Manawatu's Leighton Hague won the open 2km swim at Taupo in his first open water swim in three years. The 20-year-old Massey University student's last open ...