Tag: World Winter Swimming Championships

Bled Winter Swimming Cup 2014

The Bled Winter Swimming Cup 2014 will be held on February 22nd 2014 in Lake Bled, Slovenia. The beautiful lake with an enchanting island and castle was the host of World Winter Swimming Championships in January 2010 and the tradition has carried on. The Bled Tourist Board has continued to organize Winter Swimming Cups in the following years with events

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Ellery McGowan Is All Smiles In New York

Although the official results of yesterday's Manhattan Island Marathon Swim have yet to be announced, the teammates and swimmers from Surrey, United Kingdom were ecstatic yesterday with the swim by Ellery McGowan, the oldest person in the 28.5-mile circumnavigation of Manhattan Island. The native of Tasmania who is now working in Surrey as a head swimming

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Ellery McGowan Defends Titles In Latvia

Jim Boucher, President of the Surrey County ASA, described the conditions and competition at the 2012 World Winter Swimming Championships in Jurmala, Latvia in colorful terms. "I was there, but the Western European blokes tended to lose out to Eastern Europeans who looked like they generally caught and killed their daily lunch rather than get it from a

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Colin And Crew Are So Cool

Colin Hill, the 2012 London Olympic Games Marathon Swimming Technical Operations Manager, was in Latvia (Jurmala, Riga) yesterday after taking part in the World Winter Swimming Championships. He and members of the Serpentine Swimming club went for a swim in the Baltic Sea for a cool down. And they caught some skiers and outlookers by surprised in their

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Cold Calling Extreme Swimmers In Latvia

LATVIA. Jack Bright will be at the Latvia next week to participate in the 2012 World Winter Swimming Championships. He will also be recruiting swimmers capable of taking part in the Bering Strait relay, formally known as the 86K First Intercontinental Swimming Relay From Eurasia To America Across The Bering Strait. With upwards to 68 people taking part in

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