To open-water fanatics, the Beijing 10K will seem tame.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bruising New Olympic Sport] Reference

"Next time let's do some open-water diving for a change.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Crusader Gold]

It's excellent for pass-shooting geese and open-water ducks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heavy Metals] Reference

Few bodies of water contain safe harbors for open-water swimming.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bruising New Olympic Sport] Reference

Some extreme marathoners spend 20 hours or more in open-water events.    From Wordnik.com.  [Extreme Swimmers Accept the Challenge of] Reference

To many stars of the pool, open-water swimming is the sport's Wild West.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bruising New Olympic Sport] Reference

I remember my diving tests--we had written as well as the open-water test.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arne light] Reference

When it reaches an open-water pocket, begin a darting, subsurface retrieve.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Merwin Picks the 50 Best Lures of All Time] Reference

These smallmouths often suspend just offshore, much like their open-water forage.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Smallmouth Blitz] Reference

People generally enjoy open-water vistas and recreation that impoundments provide.    From Wordnik.com.  [Environmental and social implications of dam removal] Reference

Yet open-water swimming is also gaining fans because of its inherent difficulties.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bruising New Olympic Sport] Reference

Mr. COTTMAN: I did that after I finished my advanced open-water scuba certificate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie: An African-American's Spiritual Journey to Uncover a Sunken Slave Ship's Past] Reference

From there, much longer distances entailed voyages of nearly 600 open-water miles.    From Wordnik.com.  [7. Offshore Settlement in the Pacific] Reference

We'll probably hit the ocean on Monday and Tuesday for your first open-water dives.    From Wordnik.com.  [Message in a Bottle]

This would be the first evidence of sustained open-water traffic in the ancient world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report: Deepest Wreck] Reference

Her direction changed in June 2006, when she went to an open-water instructional camp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Open water draws teen to new Olympic event] Reference

The duration of the open-water season varies considerably both spatially and temporally.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sea-level rise and coastal stability in the Arctic] Reference

"Anyway, I'm not sure if the Well of Sacrifice is where I want to do my first open-water dive.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Crusader Gold]

The 10K debut comes at a time of growing recreational passion for so-called open-water swimming.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bruising New Olympic Sport] Reference

He reduced his intake of red meat at dinner, replacing it with Amish chicken or open-water fish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unfit III] Reference

A longer open-water season is very likely to affect lake stratification and circulation patterns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Key findings, science gaps, and recommendations for freshwater ecosystems in the ACIA] Reference

The triathlon's first leg consists of an open-water swim measuring 1.5 kilometers in the Olympics.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bruising New Olympic Sport] Reference

She qualified for Beijing with a fourth-place finish at the open-water world championships in May.    From Wordnik.com.  [Open-water swimmer overcomes disability] Reference

After a decade of FINA lobbying, the IOC in 2005 agreed to add open-water swimming to the 2008 Games.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bruising New Olympic Sport] Reference

"She's pretty much the epitome of someone who is bred for" open-water swimming, says her coach, Bill Rose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Open water draws teen to new Olympic event] Reference

She still made history as the first American swimmer in an Olympic open-water event and promises to be back.    From Wordnik.com.  [Russian wins, du Toit takes 16th in 6.2-mile marathon swim] Reference

In Sarasota, Fla., scientists found an 11-foot tiger shark, normally an open-water fish, drifting near the surf.    From Wordnik.com.  [Determining oil spill's environmental damage is difficult] Reference

Indeed, open-water swimming features an element virtually unknown to pool swimming -- disqualifications for rough-housing.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bruising New Olympic Sport] Reference

The meet ended with its first race in the new Olympic event of 10-kilometer open-water swimming, which the U.S. dominated.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Phelps shakes off disappointment of merely winning] Reference

As the waters cool in early winter, vast schools of threadfin shad start to bunch up while slowing their open-water activity.    From Wordnik.com.  [15 Winter Fishing Destinations] Reference

His transformation from an unremarkable pool swimmer to an open-water Olympian reflects a determination rooted in family history.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Long Swim to China] Reference

A greater debacle occurred in early May during the qualifying race for the first-ever 10-kilometer open-water swim in the Olympics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can Grant 'Hackett'?] Reference

Dan Projansky has won publicity in half a dozen newspapers and magazines for his long-distance open-water races swimming butterfly.    From Wordnik.com.  [For the Athlete Who Has It All] Reference

Even by the standards of open-water swimming, however, the elbowing is likely to be unusually forceful next month in Seville, Spain.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bruising New Olympic Sport] Reference

Last summer, Sutton won one open-water World Cup, finished second in another and won the open-water title in the Pan American Games.    From Wordnik.com.  [Open water draws teen to new Olympic event] Reference

Ash fall over areas supplied by open-water systems can increase turbidity significantly for short periods of time (days to a week) of time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Volcanic Ash -- Effects on Water Supply and Mitigation Strategies] Reference