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By Erin Himes, Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n

While wrapped up in the awe of Olympic swimming, I found myself with a lot of questions about another event: open water swimming. For a sport so similar and connected to what I do everyday, I found I knew very little about marathon swimming.<\/p>\n

As a distance swimmer, I have found myself interested in learning more about these long distance events. Here are some basics of open water swimming that I dug up through\u00a0my research.<\/p>\n

1. There are four different course types a swim may follow.<\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Dan Simonelli<\/p><\/div>\n

Open water swims typically go parallel to shore, to or around a fixed point, around a closed course, or point to point, according to USA Swimming<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2. Open Water was not an Olympic sport until 2008.<\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott<\/p><\/div>\n

The men’s and women’s 10k race was not added to the Olympic program until 2008 in Beijing, meaning Beijing, London, and Rio have been the only cities to host the event thus far.<\/p>\n

3. The 10K has only been held in the ocean at the Olympics once.<\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Eric Seals-USA TODAY Sports<\/p><\/div>\n

The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio were the first time that the open water race was held in the ocean. In London, it was held in Hyde Park and in Beijing it was held Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.<\/p>\n

4. Open water poses significant safety risks.<\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Erich Schlegel\/USA Today Sports Images<\/p><\/div>\n

From risk of hypothermia to potential deep water rescues, open water swims obviously contain a lot more risks<\/a>\u00a0than pool swimming.<\/p>\n

5. The sport gives way to a lot of fun challenge swims.<\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Paige Christie<\/p><\/div>\n

From swimming around Manhattan to escaping from Alcatraz, open water allows for a lot of creative races in tough conditions.\u00a0Many races<\/a> are even relays done in teams.<\/p>\n

6. Open water holds an exclusive club of those who have earned its “Triple Crown”.<\/h2>\n
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Rebecca Nevitt completes the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. Photo Courtesy: Rebecca Nevitt.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Triple Crown of open water swimming involves swimming 21 miles through the English Channel, 21 miles across the Catalina Channel, and 28.5 miles around Manhattan. Completion of all three swims makes you a member of this prestigious club.<\/p>\n

For those interested in learning more, the USA Swimming page for open water can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All commentaries<\/span> are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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