Le Marathon du Saguenay from Chicoutimi to Bagotville Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Le Marathon du Saguenay was a 45 km professional marathon swim held on the Saguenay River from Chicoutimi to Bagotville in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. The event was sanctioned by the World Professional Marathon
Abdul-Latiff Abou-Heif of Egypt was voted the best marathon swimmer of the 20th century. His summer of 1963 as a 34-year-old professional marathon swimmer was legendary. He started his season of dominance by winning the Capri-Naples swim, an 18-mile (28.9K) swim from the island of Capri to the city of Naples in Italy in 8 hours 49 minutes. Two weeks later
With all the incredible swims across the English Channel, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait, Strait of Gibraltar and other waterways around the globe this year, the exploits of marathon swimmers worldwide calls to mind the professional English Channel races that were held in the 1950's.The first race was held in 1950 and was limited to 20 participants from
The sport of open water swimming is changing at various levels: the increasing number of events, the increasing number of swimmers, the use of GPS, the types of hydration used, the number of sponsors and television exposure.But on other levels, it also appears that the more things change, the more they stay the same.In a Sports Illustrated article about
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