title: A report on the Global Open Water Swimming (GOWS) Conference, Cork, Ireland, 12th October 2013.
abstract: The third Global Open Water Swimming Conference was for the first time held in Europe. Researchers, swim pioneers and leading marathon swimmers came together to present research related to the water environment, pioneer swims, young and old marathon swimmers and human physiology.
authors.affiliation: Extreme Environments Laboratory, Department of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2ER, UK. heather.lunt@port.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lunt
authors.forename: Sakura
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hingley