The Social World of Outdoor Swimming: Cultural Practices, Shared Meanings, and Bodily Encounters

Moles, Kate

doi:10.1177/0193723520928598

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“…Additionally, talking and swimming are not always compatible, and we recognise that asking our swimmers to narrate their experience in situ changes the event and shifts things around. And during group swims, the camera has captured moments of nudity as swimmers hurriedly change out of wet costumes -moments that are part of this social world (see Moles, 2020) but which lie beyond what we might want to record on camera (and which we have deleted from our data).…”

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Immersive encounters: video, swimming and wellbeing

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Moles²

2021

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Immersive encounters: video, swimming and wellbeing

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2021

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“…Swimming is an interesting activity, and is deeply rooted in cultural practices and bodily encounters that change in meaning and over time and from place to place [ 42 ]. Over the course of history, humans form relationships with bodies of water (pools, lakes, rivers, oceans) and learn to be a body within that water [ 42 ]. Within that context, we understand the importance of bodies of water in terms of both their physical and mental benefits [ 43 , 44 ].…”

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Italians Are the Fastest 3000 m Open-Water Master Swimmers in the World

Seffrin

Lira

Vancini

et al. 2021

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Background: It is well known that athletes originating from a specific region or country can master specific sports disciplines (e.g., East-African runners in long-distance running). In addition, physical and athletic performance are the result of an interaction between genetic, environmental and epigenetic factors. However, little is known about on what determines sports success and performance for long-distance master swimmers such as origin. The aim of the study was to investigate the participation and performance trends of elite master open-water swimmers competing in the World Championships (WC) in 3000 m open-water swimming between 1986 and 2019. Methods: A total of 9247 valid participants were analyzed using generalized linear models (GLMs) with a gamma probability distribution and log link function. Resultsː Most of the starters were from Italy (1646 participations), followed by the United States of America (USA) (1128 participations) and Germany (959 participations). Swimmers from Italy were significantly faster than swimmers from Canada, Germany, USA, Great Britain and also from all other countries grouped (p < 0.005). The age group from 35–39 years old was significantly faster than athletes from age groups of 25–29 years old, 30–34 years old, 40–44 years old, 45–49 years old and 50–54 years old (p < 0.005). The percentage of local athletes in WC was 36% and varied from 36% (Italy, 2004) to 43 % (Germany), 53% (Italy, 2012) and up to 68 % (USA, 1992). Conclusions: Swimmers from Italy were the faster and the most numerous starters during this period of 27 years and 15 editions all over the world in 3000 m master open-water swimming.

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“…Therefore, as the distances are pre-determined for the 5 km, 10 km and 25 km, swimmers and their coaches are able to plan and execute training accordingly in order to complete the races in the shortest time possible. In contract, the ultra-long solo OWS events require swimmers to complete a distance set between two geographic points [ 28 ], and as such may be influenced by several environmental factors, thus changing the objective to reflect completing the challenge rather than defeating a field of other competitors [ 29 , 30 ].…”

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Origin of the Fastest 5 km, 10 km and 25 km Open-Water Swimmers—An Analysis from 20 Years and 9819 Swimmers

Seffrin

Knechtle

Vancini

et al. 2021

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In elite pool swimmers competing at world class level, mainly athletes from the United States of America and Australia are dominating. Little is known, however, for the nationality of dominating swimmers in elite open-water long-distance swimming races such as the official FINA races over 5 km, 10 km and 25 km—held since 2000. The aim of this study was to investigate the participation and performance trends by nationality of these elite open-water swimmers. Race results from all female and male swimmers competing in 5 km, 10 km and 25 km FINA races between 2000 and 2020 were analyzed. A total of 9819 swimmers competed between 2000 and 2020 in these races. The five countries that figure most times among the top ten in 5 km, 10 km and 25 km races over the years were Italy, Germany, Russia, Brazil and the Netherlands. In 10 km races, considering the all the athletes from each country, male athletes from Germany, Italy, and France presented faster race times than the other countries. In 10 km, female athletes presented no significant difference among the countries. In 5 and 25 km races, there were no differences between countries, for male and female athletes. Moreover, comparing only the 10 best results (top 10) from each country, there were no differences between countries in 5 km, 10 km and 25 km, for male and female athletes. Men were faster than women for all three distances. In summary, male swimmers from Europe (i.e., Germany, Italy, France) are dominating the 10 km FINA races. In the 5 km and 25 km FINA races, there is no dominating nationality, but among the top five countries in the top 10 over the years, three are European countries.

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The Social World of Outdoor Swimming: Cultural Practices, Shared Meanings, and Bodily Encounters

Cited by 16 publications

References 19 publications

Immersive encounters: video, swimming and wellbeing

Immersive encounters: video, swimming and wellbeing

Italians Are the Fastest 3000 m Open-Water Master Swimmers in the World

Origin of the Fastest 5 km, 10 km and 25 km Open-Water Swimmers—An Analysis from 20 Years and 9819 Swimmers

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