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  1. 120 people swam in the Istra Mile, 45K from Moscow, where world championship medalist Ekaterina Seliverstova handed out the awards
  2. Entries to the world's largest open water swim (3.3K Sun Moon Lake International Swim in Taiwan at 22,000 participants) open this week
  3. The July 9th International Para Open Water Swimming Championships in Seoul, Korea has been postponed until August. More information later.
  4. The young ones are swimming fast: British Ellie Faulkner and Russia's Arten Podyakov won the 5K European Junior Open Water Championships
  5. Vintage videos of the great Greta Andersen from the 1950's can be seen on her website, www.gretaandersenswimschool...
  6. European Junior Swimming Championships are underway this weekend - looking out for future open water swimming superstars from Europe
  7. NBC will televise the USA Swimming's pool swimming championships on July 11th and 12th.
  8. Tomorrow, Iran will hold its first open water swimming competition - a 3K race on Noshahr Beach in the Caspian Sea, held under Islamic law
  9. The German duo will pair off vs. strong Russians, Australians, Spaniards, Italians, Americans and numerous other swimmers in the 25K race
  10. Angela Maurer and Stephanie Biller will represent Germany at the World Swimming Championships in the 10K and 25K races
  11. Open Water Wednesday on www.swimnetwork.com explains how Maarten van der Weijden won his Olympic 10K Marathon Swim gold medal
  12. Pan Am champion Fran Crippen and Tiburon Mile winner Trent Grimsey will have a great showdown in the US$25,000 Portland Mile in late August
  13. Colleen Blair finished her Jersey-to-France solo swim in 12 hours 27 minutes today to notch another great marathon swim to her swimsuit.
  14. Anna Uvarova, Natalie Pankina, Daniil Serebrennikov & ex-world champion Vladimir Dyatchin are looking to capture 4 medals in Rome's 25K.
  15. Russia is going to be very well-represented at the World Swimming Championships 25K race with a strong team of 4 tough swimmers...
  16. More information on the Russian national open water swimming championships at www.10Kswimmer.com
  17. Evgeni Dratcev won the men's 5K and 10K at the Russian national open water swimming championships in the Black Sea this weekend.
  18. Ekaterina Seliverstova won the women's 5K and 10K at the Russian national open water swimming championships.
  19. Open Water Wednesday on www.swimnetwork.com gives an analysis of the Americans going to the 2009 World Swimming Championships in Rome.
  20. Maarten van der Weijden, the Olympic 10K gold medalist, wrote a new book called "Better" (currently available in Dutch).