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The “wild swimming” trend — aka open-water swimming, or taking dips in lakes, rivers, streams or even the sea — isn't exactly new. Still, it has been increasing in popularity over the past ...
Open water swimming. The start of an amateur ocean swim event on Christmas morning 2016, at Manly Beach, Australia. Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers. Competitive open water swimming is governed by the International Swimming Federation, World Aquatics ...
Founded in 1989, Lucky's Lake Swim is a daily 1 kilometer open water swim hosted started by Lucky Meisenheimer at his home in Orlando, Florida. The no charge swim has achieved a cult status amongst open water swimmers and triathletes. Thousands have completed the swim. It is originally known as the Aquatica (unrelated to the Orlando water park ...
Winter swimming. Winter swimming is the activity of swimming during the winter season, typically in outdoor locations (open water swimming) or in unheated pools or lidos. In colder countries, it may be synonymous with ice swimming, when the water is frozen over. This requires either breaking the ice or entering where a spring prevents the ...
Josh Heynes, co-founder of the Lake Erie Open Water Association, announced the organization's closure after 12 years of aiding Lake Erie swimmers.
Dr. Vicki Keith Munro, CM, O.Ont, LLD, ChPC (born 26 February 1961 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) [1] is a Canadian retired marathon swimmer, coach and advocate for disabled athletes. Her accomplishments include the first crossing of all five Great Lakes, [2] a 100-hour swim and the world record distance of 80.2 kilometers swum using the butterfly stroke.
The start of open-water swim events can be dangerous even for experienced swimmers. ... Lazar Đukić, 28, died near the finish line of a run-swim event in Marine Creek Lake in Fort Worth ...
Annaleise Carr. Annaleise Carr (born March 12, 1998) [1] of Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada, [2] was the youngest person to swim across Lake Ontario by the "traditional route" on Sunday, August 19, 2012 at the age of 14. Annaleise had to qualify for this swim which was overseen by the regulated body and supervision of Solo Swims of Ontario.