When Awards Imitate Open Water Swimmers
Courtesy of Ricardo Ratto in Palmas, Brazil. Between the Amazon rain forest and Brazil’s coastal savanna, the city of Palmas is site of a 8 km cross-river challenge.
The competitors start off together in a large pack and then gradually separate along the Tocantins River.
Its trophies, bunched together on a table, give an impression of pack swimming.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010).
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