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Langeafstandzwemmen (lit. "long-distance swimming): distances up to 10 km. This category includes open water events. In this category there are the Open Nationale Kampioenschappen in 5 km and 10 km freestyle, with separate events for professionals and amateurs, and; Marathonzwemmen (lit. "marathon swimming"): distances over 10 km.
Marathon swimming is a class of open water swimming defined by long distances, with 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) being the unofficially held minimum distance. Routes are typically geographically based or buoy based.
Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, ... Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer. A.A. Knopf.
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.
In many open-water swim events, Sempsrott said, a major stressor to an athlete’s heart happens at the beginning of a race, when many swimmers are starting the race at the same time. Even for ...
The World Open Water Swimming Association (WOWSA) defines an "assisted swim" as one in which a "swimmer uses or benefits from any possible number of objects," like shark cages, wetsuits and ...
The Oceans Seven is a marathon swimming challenge consisting of seven open water channel swims. It was devised in 2008 as the swimming equivalent of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge. It comprises the North Channel , the Cook Strait , the Molokaʻi Channel , the English Channel , the Catalina Channel , the Tsugaru Strait and the Strait ...
Swimming and schooling. Denigan began open-water swimming more than a decade ago at the age of 10, back when the longest race distance was just 1 kilometer. She won the first open-water race in ...