Maryam Sharifzadeh, the second person and first woman on record to swim the 22 miles of shoreline around San Francisco all in one shot, says the frigid water and rough surf are the ultimate test of mental fortitude.
We’re debunking the 10 most common myths we’ve heard about swimming. Tell us what crazy myths you’ve heard about swimming in the comments!
In the west coast of Ireland, a group of Irish women 40 to 80 years old swim every morning in the Atlantic cold waters come rain or shine. Martell, who hasn’t missed a day in 10 years now, let us know how is it for her and the swimmers to meet at the Ladies Beach in Galway, vent together under the cold water and share a hot coffee and a warm chat afterwards. A tight-knit bunch brought together by their love to the sea.
Friday 29 November to Sunday 1 December, the Faroe Islands Swimming Association will be hosting the 2019 edition of the annual Nordic Swimming Championships and Nordic Junior Swimming Championships in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. See www.ssf.fo/nordic-champs-2019
On the event landing page www.ssf.fo/nordic-champs-2019, links are posted to the invitation, start lists, results, live timing and eventually also the planned live streaming service on YouTube, along with some practical information like the schedule and local time.
A total of 183 swimmers have announced their participation at these championships – 44 from Estonia (EST), 32 from Finland (FIN), 27 from Denmark (DEN), 25 from Iceland (ISL), 24 from Sweden (SWE), 16 from Norway (NOR) and 15 from the Faroe Islands (FAR), with a distribution of 92 females and 91 males.
I (Rókur) am for good reason quite involved myself, as president of the Faroe Islands Swimming Association, and you can, therefore, expect me to post more also here as the event approaches. We are working hard on making it as watchable as our limited resources allow, with good help from also professionals.
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Re-live the best of the action from DC.
Go inside the University of Minnesota Athletes Village’s Nutrition Center with a cooking class for the Gophers Swimming & Diving team!
I swam in cold water for a week and here is what happened.
