Another Great Spot For A Marathon Swim
The Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in China would be a great place for a marathon swim. After four years of construction, the world’s longest bridge over water – 26 miles (42K) – was opened this week. The bridge links China’s eastern port city of Qingdao to Huangdao island and has 5,000 pillars, built by over 10,000 workers, to support the estimated 30,000 cars per day that will use it.Reportedly, an associated undersea tunnel also opened to traffic. Since the bridge heads to a tourist city with beautiful beaches, having a marathon swim there seems like a reasonable goal.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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