Category: Open Water
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Swimmer tackles ‘plastic vortex’ to highlight ocean pollution
Long-distance swimmer Ben Lecomte has undertaken the challenge of swimming 300 nautical miles through the so-called ‘plastic vortex, also known as ‘The Great Pacific Garbage Patch’.
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Swimmers make waves to fight cancer
The Swim Across America’s annual Boston Harbor Islands Swim, a 22-mile relay around Boston Harbor Islands and the annual Pool Swim held at Harvard University, are part of the critical effort to fund pediatric hematology/oncology and related programs at MassGeneral Hospital for Children and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Since 2013, the MGHfC Cancer Center has received…
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Axel Reymond 2019 World Champion of 25 km Open-Water
Axel Reymond became 2019 World Champion of 25 km Open-Water again (2019-07-19 at Gwangju in South Korea)
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Open Water Swimming – 25km Women | Top Moments | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
The 25km Open Water race at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju was marred by rainy conditions and it was surely the most challenging FINA open water swimming event since the 2007 Melbourne World Championships.
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Open Water Swimming – 25km Men | Top Moments | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
The 25km Open Water race at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju was marred by rainy conditions and it was surely the most challenging FINA open water swimming event since the 2007 Melbourne World Championships.
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Professionals, amateurs make a splash in Yangtze River swimming race
Over 50 professional swimmers from 15 countries battled it out in the water at the 45th Wuhan Yangtze River Crossing Festival. The race covered a distance of about 1,800 meters from Hanyangmen in Wuhan’s Wuchang District to Nan’anzui in the Hanyang District. Chinese swimmers won both the women’s and men’s individual championships. The event also…
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Open Water – Women 5km | Top Moments | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
Brazil’s Ana Marcela Cunha captured her first world championship gold medal in the 5km, finally shaking herself free from the bronzing effect of the past decade at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju. The Brazilian won in a time of 57:56.0, beating Aurelie Muller of France by exactly one second in a field of…
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Highlights – Day 4 | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
Enjoy the highlights of day 4 at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju! #FINAGwangju2019
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Detroit River is a ‘speedway’ and too dangerous for swimming, report says
With water levels continuing to rise in Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River, it’s too dangerous for swimming, the Windsor Port Authority said.