Category: Open Water
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Keri-Anne Payne: a step back from swimming has reignited desire to compete in Rio
See Sky Sports The British Open water swimming star, who won a silver medal in the Beijing Olympics and who battled to fourth place in London 2012, took a step back from swimming in 2013 to recharge and consider her future plans. However after competing in the ‘King & Queen of the Sea’ challenge in…
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The Longest Swim – Ben Lecomte Conquering the Pacific
“Ben Lecomte will conquer the Pacific Ocean, swimming from Tokyo, Japan to San Francisco, U.S.A., in the summer of 2014. Ben set the record for the first man to swim the Atlantic in 1998.” http://youtu.be/afdMbxgX9q4
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First woman to swim English channel to have Manchester street named after her
Read Manchester Evening News A Manchester swimmer is to be immortalised in the name of the city’s newest road. Sunny Lowry – the first woman to swim the channel – will be celebrated as part of major regeneration work taking place around Eastlands. The Longsight -born athlete was chosen after a Dragons Den-style clash between…
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Swim the Swan – BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series
“To celebrate Perth, the Swan River and our love for open water swimming — the BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series will feature a mass participation open water swim in the Swan River on February 2 [2014]. Swim The Swan will see recreational swimmers race over five distances — 500m, 1.25km, 2.5km, 5km and the Olympic…
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Gopal Kharvi sets Guinness World Record swimming 3 km with hands and legs bound
Read for instance daijiworld.com In an achievement that would make every person in Udupi and the coastal region proud, ace swimmer Gopal Kharvi on Sunday December 1 set a new Guinness World Record by swimming a distance of 3 km with his hands and legs bound. Kharvi started his swim from St Mary’s Island at…
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Annual Thanksgiving Day Polar Bear Dip
“Van Dykes take a swim in Golden Pond” Annual Thanksgiving Day Polar Bear Dip from Larry Van Dyke on Vimeo.
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Australia’s swim-with-whales tourism more lucrative than Japanese harpooning operations
Read The Age Australian scientists have tracked a minke whale from the Great Barrier Reef deep into the sub-Antarctic for the first time, sharply raising the stakes of Japanese whaling. Until now, the Japanese “scientific” hunt, which kills minkes, was thought to harpoon whales that lived almost exclusively in the Antarctic. But a satellite tracking…
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The Swimmer: London’s classic swim and run adventure
“Inspired by the John Cheever short story and Burt Lancaster film, ‘The Swimmer’ is a relaxed 6-mile or half-marathon journey through London’s finest outdoor pools, parks and ponds. The Swimmer takes place the second Saturday of every month throughout the autumn, winter and spring. Why not start your weekend with a little bit of an…