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When a given swim calls more on endurance than on outright speed, it is the more likely to be considered a long-distance swim. Long-distance swims, however, may take place in pools, such as the 1st official 24 hours World Championship in 1976 won by Peppo Biscarini with a record of 83.7 km (24 hour swims in a 50 m-long pool) or the current 25 ...
Penny Lee Dean is an American long distance swimmer who began her career with her swim across frigid San Francisco bay at age 10. She is best known for having the fastest time for anyone to swim from Catalina to California in 7:15:55 in 1976, and the fastest time to swim the English Channel in 1978 in 7:40.
Lopez v. Seccombe. 71 F. Supp. 769. 1, US District Court for the Southern District of California, 1944, was a 1944 court case within the city and county of San Bernardino about whether Mexican Americans were able to use the city's public pool at any time despite the cities restricted limits.
Hundreds of new laws take effect in California on Jan. 1. Here are some that could affect you at home, at work, at school and on the road.
Lynne Cox (born January 2, 1957) [1] is an American long-distance open water swimmer, writer, and speaker.She is best known for being the first person to swim between the United States and the Soviet Union, [2] [3] in the Bering Strait, a feat which has been recognized for easing the Cold War tensions between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
How to stay safe in the water. If you find yourself in a situation where you must enter the water, here are some tips from the California Department of Water Resources to stay prepared:. Plan ahead
Fullerton, California, U.S. Height: 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) Weight: 119 lb (54 kg) ... Evans continued to dominate the world's long-distance swimming competitions ...
Extreme adventurer Ross Edgley has broken the record for the longest ever open water swim in Loch Ness.