Category: Open Water
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6 Open Water Swimming Skills You Can Learn In The Pool | Global Triathlon Network
Swimming in the open water can be a shock to the system for those who are used to the comfort of a heated pool, but can we get better at swimming in open water without actually swimming in open water?
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Keri-Anne Payne on Her Career and Passion for Open Water Swimming | Inside With Brett Hawke
Keri-anne Payne is a 3x British Olympian. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, she won the silver medal in the 10K Open Water. She went on to win World Championships in 2009 and 2010 in the same event.
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50 Years On, the Traditional Swimming Event From South to North Kessock Is to Return | STV News
It’s a crossing that’s well known to Highland travelers – the stretch of the Beauly Firth spanned by the Kessock Bridge. But the waterway used to be home to a traditional swimming event. Now there are plans to bring it back, more than 50 years on.
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Kirkwood Man to Swim the English Channel to Honor His Wife | KSDK News
Nearly 6,000 people are known to have successfully climbed Mt. Everest. Only about 2,000 have been successful in swimming the English Channel.
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Simon Ince Is the Oldest Person to Successfully Swim The 34km False Bay Crossing | eNCA
A new Guinness World Record will soon be awarded in South Africa. 62-year-old Simon Ince is set to receive it as the oldest person to swim from Simon’s Town to Rooi Els, crossing False Bay. Ince took on the almost eleven-hour long swim this past Sunday.
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Rottnest Swimmers Can Now Optimize Route | The University of Western Australia
Swimmers taking part in the iconic Rottnest Channel Swim this Saturday (26 February) will be able to design a personalized, optimized route for their crossing that can be uploaded to their GPS, Garmin watch or the Rotto Swim app.
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Rottnest Channel Swim Preparations | 10 News First
The Rottnest Channel Swim is just days away and a team of former champions are joining forces to raise money for men’s mental health.
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The Greatest Mile | aQuellé South Africa
The aQuellé Midmar Mile was filled with action and joyous moments as swimmers from all over the country completed their Greatest Mile.
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Vision Impaired Swimmer Making Waves Less Than a Year After Taking up the Sport | ABC News
Just six months after taking up swimming, Erica Burleigh is making big waves. The vision-impaired Tasmanian has successfully braved the choppy River Derwent in the Hobart Regatta swim.