Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Salvatore Cimmino has swum around the world on his unique Swimming in the Seas of the Globe (A Nuoto nei Mari del Globo). He has swum 17 km across Lake Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee) in Israel, 21 km across Trieste/Koper in Italy/Slovenia, 42 km down the Rio Paranà in Argentina, 15 km through the Sumidero
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The charismatic and visionary Marcos DÃaz charmed his peers at he picked up his World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year award at the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame brunch at the United Nations on Sunday.In an appropriate setting, the United Nations was also finish to the last swim of Marcos' innovative Swim Across The Continents project. "On
202 miles of rough cold-water swimming was the goal of Ventura Deep Six, a relay of six swimmers from Ventura who swam from Central California to San Diego over a non-stop 4-day swim. Ventura Deep Six was honored at the United Nations as the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. Dr. John Chung and Tom Ball represented themselves and their
Yuko Matsuzaki Makes Them Laugh And Cry At The United Nations Courtesy of WOWSA, United Nations Building, New York. Yuko Matsuzaki, a Japanese inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, shined like a star at the United Nations today. She gave a hilarious, riveting speech that told her incredible transformation from a record-holding fin
Anne Marie Ward of Ireland gave a typically humble and profound acceptance speech at the United Nations when she received her 2010 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year award.The English Channel and North Channel swimmer gave great praise to those North Channel swimmers ahead of her and her support crew, some of whom traveled to New York City with
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is rare that swimmers are celebrated in such an august setting, but two awards ceremonies will be held at the United Nations on June 19th. As part of the Global Open Water Swimming Conference in New York City between June 17th – 19th, the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame will hold its annual
In order to promote the last leg of his Swim Across The Continents, Marcos DÃaz is planning a swim from the United Nations.Since May, Dominican Republic's Marcos has engaged an innovative and ambitious project called the 'Swim Across The Continents' for the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals.Marcos has swum between the Pacific and Asia (from Papua
"It's been a very big adventure, an incredible experience," said Marcos Diaz after the first leg of his Swim Across the Continents project."It took 4 hours and 18 minutes to complete the 19.7K swim from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia. The conditions changed a lot throughout the swim, but I received tremendous support." "Throughout the swim, from Wutung
