A guide to sighting | How to swim safely with weeds | FINA approves swimming caps for afro hair

Published: Sat, 09/10/22

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NEWS

FINA APPROVES SWIMMING CAPS FOR AFRO HAIR

Swimming caps designed for afro, curly and thicker hair have been approved after being banned from last year’s Olympics.

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FEATURE

MEET LYNNE COX

In the first of our new series of Outdoor Swimmer patron events, veteran long-distance swimmer Lynne Cox shared stories of her early Channel swims, her preparation for endurance swims and crossing the Bering Strait at the height of the Cold War.

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FEATURE

HOW DO YOU TRAIN FOR THE OCEAN’S SEVEN CHALLENGE?

Chilean marathon swimmer Bárbara Hernández Huerta shares a typical training day for the Ocean’s Seven challenge.

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SAFETY

HOW TO SWIM SAFELY WITH WEEDS

“You will get dragged down by weeds!” Just one of many anxious thoughts that might go through a swimmer’s mind before taking the plunge. Simon Griffiths has your myth busting guide to swimming safely with weeds.

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TRAINING + TECHNIQUE

OPEN WATER SKILLS: SIGHTING

Arguably the single biggest thing that you can do to achieve a better swim in open water is to sight well. Paul Fowler has your guide.

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GEAR
BOOK REVIEW: WHY WE SWIM BY BONNIE TSUI

Most of us who swim know why we do it, but I suspect few of us could explain it as well as or in such depth as Bonnie Tsui in Why We Swim.

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FEATURE

AROUND THE ISLE OF WIGHT ON THE BLINDSIDE

Mark Critchlow was registered Severely Visually Impaired in December 2011. Since then he has taken up outdoor swimming and completed five four-person English Channel relays. When he was offered a chance to join a relay around the Isle of Wight, which is three times the distance of the English Channel, naturally he said yes.

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NEWS

16-YEAR-OLD COMPLETES 18KM LAKE WINDERMERE SWIM

We speak with Gabrielle Furlong, the youngest person to complete this year’s Lake Windermere swim, about swimming for her mental health, her grandad’s invaluable support and ambitions to swim the Channel in 2023.

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MARCY MACDONALD BATTLES BRUTAL TIDE TO REACH BELGIUM

American swimmer Marcy MacDonald has become the first person to swim solo from England to Belgium.

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