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  1. What do you think about in the open water? Tell us online at www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimming.com.
  2. What is your greatest fear in the open water? Tell us online at www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimming.com.
  3. Catch the Sea King Challenge here live on Sunday, December 13th at 10 am. Brazil vs. the World televised live in Brazil.
  4. Claudia Rose announced the new 10K Sitka Sound Adventure Swim in Alaska - nice partner swim to the Pennock Island Challenge up north.
  5. Marcos Diaz announced his One Man-Five Continents-Many Voices project at the UN this week. 4 amazing open water swims between 8 nations
  6. The South American Beach Games will be held in Uruguay in December.
  7. Theodore Yach's Ultraswim two-way crossing of the Robben Island channel is underway. He has covered 9K in the first 3 hours. 21K to go.
  8. Swimming World Magazine awarded its 2009 Open Water Swimmers of the Year to Keri-Anne Payne and Thomas Lurz
  9. Dan will finish each day's swim, mark his position with GPS and then start the next day's swim at that precise point. Amazing. Herculean!
  10. Dan Martin will cross the Atlantic Ocean - 5800K from New York to France - under the standard rules of the English Channel & stage swimming
  11. A new 10K race will be held on the 2016 Olympic course in Copacabana Beach in Brazil on December 13th. It will be televised in Brazil
  12. What new open water swims may be done over the next 100 years? An imaginative list is posted. Send us your ideas to headcoach@10Kswim.com
  13. The Philippines will hold its 358 Open Water Swimming Championships this weekend in the beautiful Hamilo Coast.
  14. 2 hammerheads swam around the swimmers at the Cronulla Ocean Swim in Australia last week, creating a sensation, but everything was cool.
  15. You can vote for Fran Crippen for the Perseverance Award here: http://swimfoundation.org/Page.aspx?pid=302. Good luck to all swimmers.
  16. You can vote for Andrew Gemmell for the Breakout Performer of the Year here: http://swimfoundation.org/Page.aspx?pid=302
  17. Today is the last day to vote online for USA Swimming's Golden Goggle Awards, a star-studded event in Beverly Hills
  18. Lewis Pugh is heading to Mt. Everest to plan his 1K non-wetsuit swim in a glacial lake at 5,181-feet altitude (over 17,000 feet)
  19. The 2010 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim field quickly reached its maximum after experienced swimmers from around the world entered today.
  20. Young Eva Fabian fought valiantly to a fourth-place finish in Dubai after leading early in the race. Angela Maurer was 2nd, Ilchenko 3rd