Courtesy of Jacqueline McClelland, Irish Long Distance Swimming Association, Ireland. The Irish Triple Crown is an achievement that requires the completion of three solo marathon swims and is governed by the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association. The 21 km Fastnet Swim between Fastnet Rock and Baltimore PierThe 13 km Galway Bay Swim between
Anne Marie Ward won the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year award in the year she successfully crossed the North Channel
Madhu Nagaraja talks with David Burke on swimming in the North Sea
Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Kamil Resa Alsaran of Turkey recently achieved the very rare Original Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming at the age of 59 with a 28 km 13 hour 9 minute crossing of the Bristol Channel in the UK at the age of 59 in 13 hours 9 minutes. Kamil talks about achieving the more popular Triple Crown of Open
Kamil Resa Alsaran Completes Very Rare Triple Crown Of Open Water Swimming Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kamil Resa Alsaran of Turkey swam in history a few weeks ago. Kevin Murphy completed the Original Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in 1971: solo swims across the 33.5 km English Channel, 35 km North Channel, and 28 km Bristol
Tom Blower, The Humble Hero Who Conquered The North Channel Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Tom Blower was legendary before his untimely death at the age of 41. It was said that two people could hang from each of his outstretched arms. He could break six-inch nails with ease and sat on the bottom of Nottingham's River Trent for three
Thomas Pembroke On The Ability To Do More On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. On August 29th 2013, Darren Miller completed a 35 km crossing of the North Channel from Northern Ireland to Scotland in 11 hours 16 minutes at the age of 30 to achieve the Oceans Seven. At the time, the American was the youngest person to do
Brian Keenan On His Father Ted Keenan On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Brian Keenan (also known as Robbo) is the son of Irish swimmer Ted Keenan, a International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee. Brian trained with his famed father and was on his escort boats during his marathon crossings that included the
Catherine Breed Talks About Curves And Texture On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU, Huntington Beach, California. Catherine Breed has swum across Lake Tahoe, English Channel, and North Channel after closing out her pool swimming career - and she sounds like she has a lot more swimming in her - which she explains on today's WOWSA Live. The 27-year-old who
Kamil Resa Alsaran Continues To Impress Courtesy of Emre Deliveli. Kamil Resa Alsaran completed 2 separate crossings of the English Channel at the ages of 51 and 54 including a tough 18 hour 1 minute crossing in 2015. After his English Channel crossings, he went on to complete a 5 hour 10 minute crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar and a 13 hour 1 minute
