Owase Open Water Swimming In Japan Courtesy of Yumi Kida, Mikisato Beach, Mie Prefecture, Japan. In the same region as Kyoto and Osaka in central Japan, Mie Prefecture has vast protected coastal areas of 1,000 kilometers of Pacific Ocean coastline. The 500m, 1 km, 3 km and 5 km OWS Mie Open Owase (尾鷲OWS) is annually held in summer in Mikisato Beach in
東京2020マラソンスイミング・テストイベント In Tokyo Courtesy of Japan Swimming Federation, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. The Tokyo 2020 Marathon Swimming Test Event (東京2020マラソンスイミング・テストイベント in Japanese) is a 5 km open water swimming competition held in Odaiba Marine Park (お台場海浜公園 in Japanese), a popular Tokyo tourist and entertainment location on Tokyo Bay,
Global Media Attention On Open Water Swimmers Explodes Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The amount of information that is being posted, printed, and published about the Olympic open water swimmers in Rio de Janeiro is stunning in its scope and frequency. Reporters are covering these open water athletes from a variety of angles: their
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Chelsea Gubecka and Kareena Lee went 1-2 again in Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, Australia at the 2016 Australian Open Water Championships. 17-year-old Gubecka and 22-year-old Lee topped the podium for the second day in a row after finishing the 5 km in 59.58.98 and 1:00.00.58.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Stephanie Peacock got her first international taste of competitive open water swimming in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the King and Queen of the Sea. While she just missed out on a victory together with Chip Peterson, she was the queen of Miramar Lake in Florida today after winning her first international
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dolphins are seen as good luck in the ocean by open water swimmers. So are small gems like starfish. Olympian Yumi Kida found a cute starfish as she was walking into the Pacific Ocean on Shibukawa Beach (渋川海水浴場) in Okayama, Japan, a beautiful coastline of white sand and green pine trees. Copyright © 2014
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On the Gold Coast of Australia, the last event of the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships will be held on Monday, August 25th. It should be a great race to culminate the international championships. The women entered into the 10 km ocean swim are listed below and include two young emerging swimmers who
Yasunari Hirai, Yumi Kida Win Japan Championships Courtesy of WOWSA, Tateyama Hojo Coast, Chiba, Japan. "Pace was slow in the beginning," said Japanese Olympian Yasunari Hirai about the Japan Open Water Swimming Championships along Tateyama Hojo Coast in Chiba Prefecture, south of Tokyo. Within view of Mount Fuji, the pre-race favorite had to use every
Tomorrow is the 5 km team event at the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona. It is an event that tests the navigational IQ, pacing, drafting, and positioning skills of the world’s fastest open water swimmers. Several national teams look to perform well and earn a spot on the podium. Teams like Germany, Italy, Brazil, and the USA are among the
While most American universities have stopped requiring its college students to prove they can swim for graduation, Japan has stayed true to its traditions. The academic requirements have not changed in the Far East. Japanese universities still require its students to demonstrate their aquatic abilities for academic credit. And it is not just swimming
