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| | Boston.com / News / Local / Vt. / After 25 years, swimming marathon leaves Newport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Organizers of a 27-mile Lake Memphremagog swimming marathon are breaking tradition and moving the start of the race from Vermont to Magog, Quebec. |
 | | Laurendeau's organization, La Traversee Internationale du Lac Memphremagog, must pay to house and feed the 20 swimmers in Stanstead, Quebec, the night before the race, and to transport for each swimmer the boat their coach will ride in for the marathon. |
 | | Most of the swimmers don't seem to mind, he added -- though Laurendeau believes the Magog race, which is sanctioned by the International Amateur Swimming Federation, or FINA, has had a special appeal because it spans two countries. |
| www.boston.com /news/local/vermont/articles/2004/05/03/after_25_years_swimming_marathon_leaves_newport?mode=PF (629 words) |
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