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Australian attempts Cuba-Florid...
Havana :: FL :: USA | 7 days ago
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Australian Chloe McCardel (pictured) yesterday became the latest swimmer to attempt to cross from Cuba to the US state of Florida, during which she will have to brave strong currents, jellyfish and sharks. The 29-year-old, who will be attempting the
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Australian swimmer sets off from Cuba for Florida
Havana :: FL :: USA | 7 days ago
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Australian endurance athlete Chloe McCardel is stroking steadily through the balmy waters off Cuba in an attempt to become the first person to swim from Havana to Florida without a protective shark cage. McCardel says she expects to spend about 60
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Australian Chloe McCardel to swim from Cuba to Florida without shark cage
Australian Chloe Mcardel, 29, of Melbourne plans to swim the 161-km distance from Cuba to Florida without using a shark cage – many have attempted and failed and Chloe is determined to succeed. Those who have attempted this
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Australian McCardel eyes Cuba-Florida swim
Havana :: FL :: USA | 9 days ago
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Australian Chloe McCardel will battle swift sea currents, jellyfish stings, dangerous sharks and her own physical limits this week when she attempts a record swim from Cuba to Florida. The 29-year-old is bidding to become the first person to make the
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10 honored as YWCA Career Women of Achievement
Cincinnati :: OH :: USA | 1 month ago
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The luncheon at the Duke Energy Convention Center serves as the largest fundraiser for the organization but also one of the region's largest events that honors professional women for their achievements...Award winners were: Kathleen Barclay, senior
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Australian swimmer to tackle Florida Straits
London :: United Kingdom | 6 months ago
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According to Radio Havana Cuba Wednesday, McCardel said she would attempt to swim across "non-stop", which would take 60 or 70 hours, but didn`t say when, reports Xinhua. McCardel, 27, swam the English Channel separating France and Britain in 2011
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Australian to swim Cuba-US without shark cage
Havana :: FL :: USA | 6 months ago
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An Australian open-water distance swimmer who has made multiple crossings of the English Channel on Sunday announced an ambitious bid to swim solo from Cuba to the United States without a shark cage...But McCardel has set an even loftier goal for
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Swimming: China's Ye clinches 400m medley in Beijing
Beijing :: China | 8 months ago
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China's swimming golden girl Ye Shiwen stole the show at Beijing's short-course World Cup meet on Saturday, clinching the 400m medley, her second victory at the two-day event. The teenage swimming sensation -- who claimed before the competition
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Age is just a number
Jacksonville :: FL :: USA | 9 months ago
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In the game of life, we understand neither our entry nor exit. During the first half, we enjoy life, take challenges, fight for survival, sustain burden, spread love one way or the other, we enjoy the game. As the first innings draws to a close, most
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Bill Jones: Distance swimming in the ocean
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | 9 months ago
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Diana Nyad, a well-known record-holding endurance distance swimmer, made the attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida. Given all the currents and the ebb and flow of the tides, it is a distance of over 100 miles. This made for quite a little plunge in
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