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Open Water Swimming
open water swimming sites and competition information for nonwalled events., Lakes, oceans, canals, rivers - open water is swimming without the walls.
http://swimming.about.com/cs/openwaterswims
Women's Multisport Online Feature
open water swimming traces its roots back to Captain Matthew Webb, the first man to cross the English Channel back in
http://www.womensmultisport.com/womens_multisport_online_feature.htm

Extractions: Jellyfish, Seaweed, and Sharks Oh My! Swimmers are known for their creativity and ingenuity. Melvin Stewart's 'breathe-to-the-side' butterfly, Mike Barrowman's 'wave-style' breaststroke and David Berkoff's backstroke 'blast-off' were all new and ingenuitive developments in swimming. Karen Burton and Chad Hundeby are two swimmers who are changing swimming as well. Burton is the National Open Water Team Coordinator, as well as the 1993 25 kilometer open water national champion, and Hundeby is the first man to swim 25 kilometers in under five hours. In a sport that is recentlty experiencing a new surge in popularity, these two national champions are veterans. Open water swimming traces its roots back to Captain Matthew Webb, the first man to cross the English Channel back in 1875. At that time, the glory of finishing a long and dangerous swim was the reward. The sport has evolved into a competitive endeavor with time being an important factor and strategy often proving the decisive one. The popularity of open water swimming has encouraged the formation of an open water committe by the international governing body of swimming (FINA) and a professional circuit in Europe. What defines open water swimming? It is obviously a swimming race that takes place almost anywhere except in a pool. But there is much more to it than that.
SA Open Water Swimming - South Africa
Riviera Mile, Vaal River, Vereeniging 27 February 2000 Makhulu Swim, Leisure Lakes,Olifantsfontein 26 February 2000 - SA open water swimming Champs - Cape
http://www.openswim.co.za/
Jpg La Federation Internationale De Natation Amateur World Open Water Swimming C
Photos and results from the championships in Waikiki, Hawaii, 10/2911/04/2000.
http://www.geocities.com/rleffanta/fina.html

Extractions: La Fédération Internationale de Natation Amateur ("FINA") joined with the Hawaiian International Open Water Championships to present the First Amateur World Open Water Swimming Championship in beautiful Waikiki, Hawaii, USA. The photos on the pages listed above show the Women's 5k event held on Halloween (no witches participated because they immensely dislike being dunked in water) the 10k event on November 2, 2000, and the Men and Women's 25K event on November 4, 2000. The photo below shows some of the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships winners: Aloha!
SA Open Water Swimming - South Africa
SA open water swimming offers all the latest news in swimming.
http://www.bryanstonsportsclub.co.za/
Organisers
SA open water swimming ASSOCIATION. GUIDLINES FOR THE ORGANISATIONOF open water swimming EVENTS. 1. All organisers of open water
http://www.openswim.co.za/organizes.asp?link=9
Welcome To FINA - La Fédération Internationale De Natation
FINA is the international governing body of swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming and open water swimming.
http://www.fina.org/

Extractions: in Abu Dhabi (UAE) on March I ntense moments in Abu Dhabi Vladimir Diattchine and Evgueni Koshkarov gave Russia the first two places in the mens race of the second leg of the FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup, held in Abu Dhabi (UAE) on March 20, 2003. In the womens competition, the fight was intense and Italian Viola Valli won the 16km over German Britta Kamrau by a margin of one hundredth of a second!
Dynamic Directory - Sports - Water Sports - Swimming And Diving -
Facts, history, and links about open water swimming. Atlantic City Ocean Marathon Swimming Includes event guide, meet
http://www.maximumedge.com/cgi/dir/index.cgi/Sports/Water_Sports/Swimming_and_Di
Open Water Swims & Workouts
Competitive open water swimming events are held at many distances, from acrossthe local pond to 24 miles or more. Swim On! More on open water swimming
http://swimming.about.com/library/weekly/aa051400a.htm

Extractions: There is more to swimming than just doing lap after lap, turning when you reach the wall at the end of the pool. You can swim in places with no walls - open water. Lakes, oceans, and rivers offer a great change of scenery - go to your local beach for today's workout instead of more laps in the pool. Depending on the reasons you swim, you may find it more psychologically rewarding; it can certainly be just as productive for building your fitness. Competitive open water swimming events are held at many distances, from across the local pond to 24 miles or more. There are races and events at Manhattan Island (28 miles) Tampa Bay (24 miles) , and the English Channel (30 to 40 miles) . Open Water World Championships, sanctioned by
Derbyshire Amateur Swimming Association
Includes information about the County of Derbyshire association, competitions, results, rankings, records, open water swimming, life saving, water polo, affiliated clubs, swimmer's profiles, news, and links.
http://www.derbyshire-asa.org.uk/
Open Water Swimming
Louisiana trialtholon provides this introduction to the event. Read about the course, waves and swells, navigating, and currents and undertows. open water swimming. From walker@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (John Walker) Newsgroups rec.sport.triathlon Subject Open Water
http://www.eatel.net/~mikec/open_wtr.html

Extractions: In Closing In my many years in this sport, I have never seen any reasonably complete article in the magazines dealing with open water swimming (they seem to rehash the same basic stuff every few years). A lot of them talk about how to draft, or tell you to look up every few strokes to stay on course, but very few seem to deal with the subject in much detail. So last summer, I started to gather my thoughts and experiences on the subject. I finally got back to it just now. Rather than deal just with racing in open water, I have tried to deal with both swimming for fun and racing. I welcome all comments ! (Did I forget anything? Am I completely off base? Are there any other tips that you have found particularly helpful?) Enjoy! (who has plenty of experience as an involuntary bodysurfer) Visibility of less than 2 feet. No stripe to follow on the bottom. Unseen creatures lurking under you. Seen creatures kicking you and flailing their arms all around you. Choppy water trying to splash in your mouth on every breath. Cold water. Flotsam and jetsam....
Open Water Swimming
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http://www.inform.umd.edu/StudentOrg/mtri/Swimming/open.htm

Extractions: In my many years in this sport, I have never seen any reasonably complete article in the magazines dealing with open water swimming (they seem to rehash the same basic stuff every few years). A lot of them talk about how to draft, or tell you to look up every few strokes to stay on course, but very few seem to deal with the subject in much detail.
FINA Open Water Swimming Rules And Regulations
FINA open water swimming RULES, FINA HANDBOOK. . CONSTITUTION. GENERAL RULES. BYLAWS.SWIMMING RULES. open water swimming RULES. DIVING RULES. WATER POLO RULES.
http://www.fina.org/openwaterrules.html

Extractions: /* Static Top Menu Script By Constantin Kuznetsov Jr. (GoldenFox@bigfoot.com) Featured on Dynamicdrive.com For full source code and installation instructions to this script, visit Dynamicdrive.com */ FINA OPEN WATER SWIMMING RULES FINA HANDBOOK CONSTITUTION GENERAL RULES BY-LAWS SWIMMING RULES OPEN WATER SWIMMING RULES DIVING RULES WATER POLO RULES SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING RULES MASTERS RULES ... MEDICAL RULES FINA OPEN WATER
FINA Calendar
2003 open water swimming WORLD CALENDAR. January 18 2003 False BayChallenge South Africa 12km Swimming South Africa Sea Fax + 27
http://www.fina.org/caland_OWSwld.html
Nepean Masters Swim Club - September/96 Newsletter
STOP PRESS Results/report Nth Steyne, Balmoral, Sydney Harbour Dee Why, Manly - report, results, FEEDBACK Avalon - new entry form and info for pre-registered swimmers Farallones, Bering Strait relays oceanswims.com interactive summer swims t-shirt
http://www.iatech.com/nmsc/archive/5.htm

Extractions: (by Don Clinton) The combination of fresh water, fresh air and even the occasional sunshine is a pleasant change from the warm (25 C) chlorinated pool we swim in all winter. This past summer I had the opportunity to train in a number of lakes and rivers including: One of the most enjoyable aspects of open water training is swimming with a buddy. This adds a social dimension to training which for me helps sustain my fitness activity and during most of the summer I was joined by others who were either swimming or kayaking. Open water training can also be fascinating and profitable if you watch the bottom as you swim. Rick Taylor found $95 on the bottom of Meech Lake this summer during one of his swims and I saw quite a variety of fish, clams, golf balls and weeds during mine. Yes, weeds, there are almost always weeds floating in open water and getting used to them after swimming in filtered water can be a challenge. A few encounters with them and you quickly realize that they are harmless and if you react gently to them they simply slide off your skin. The only training incident I had this summer was at Charleston Lake. As I swam along the shore in deep water I was struck behind the knee on a nerve, it scared the daylights out of me. It turns out it I was hit by a swimmer from the public beach who was playing a practical joke. When I stopped dead in the water and raised my head the swimmer laughed and asked if I thought I had been bitten by a fish. His question didnÕt deserve an answer and I continued on my swim.
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Melville Marlins Masters swimming club located in Perth Western Australia. Includes information on club events, news, training, and open water swimming.
http://www.users.bigpond.com/pbmaloney/
USA Swimming Sub Page -Programs And Services
Open Water Forums. The place for the open water swimming community to stay in touch.Have tips on swimming without those black lines at the bottom of the pool?
http://www.usswim.org/programs/template.pl?opt=openwater
WASA - Open Water Swimming
open water swimming. Jarrad Nederpelt and Melissa Benson share a jokeat the 2001 Barrack to Bank. Photo Blair McNaught. 2002-2003
http://www.wasa.asn.au/articles/articletitle.asp?groupid=7
WASA - Open Water Swimming
open water swimming. Calendar of open water swimming 2002/03. Full Article Calendarof open water swimming - 2002/03. Year. Day. Date. Event. Venue. 2002. Sat. 30 Nov.
http://www.wasa.asn.au/articles/article.asp?GroupID=7&ArticleID=747
Open Water Swimming
Swimming Tips open water swimming. From walker@Xenon Seriously though,open water swimming can be a wonderful activity. open water swimming
http://www.hulaman.com/triathlon/open_wtr.html

Extractions: In Closing In my many years in this sport, I have never seen any reasonably complete article in the magazines dealing with open water swimming (they seem to rehash the same basic stuff every few years). A lot of them talk about how to draft, or tell you to look up every few strokes to stay on course, but very few seem to deal with the subject in much detail. So last summer, I started to gather my thoughts and experiences on the subject. I finally got back to it just now. Rather than deal just with racing in open water, I have tried to deal with both swimming for fun and racing. I welcome all comments ! (Did I forget anything? Am I completely off base? Are there any other tips that you have found particularly helpful?) Enjoy! (who has plenty of experience as an involuntary bodysurfer) Visibility of less than 2 feet. No stripe to follow on the bottom. Unseen creatures lurking under you. Seen creatures kicking you and flailing their arms all around you. Choppy water trying to splash in your mouth on every breath. Cold water. Flotsam and jetsam....

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