Open Water

Former Irish Rugby Star Rosie Foley Complete Swimming Triple Crown Rosie Foley, a former Irish international rugby player, completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, in memory of her late brother. Foley is just the third Irish swimmer to complete open water’s three most decorated swims. The ...

Betsy Kiunisala Medalla is Growing National Open Water Swimming Team Of the Philippines From the Ground Up By Jia H. Jung An increasingly global contingent of “tankers” with Filipino roots populates the competitive pool swimming scene. This past May, Chloe Isleta, Filipina swimmer and 2020 Arizona S...

FINA has removed the 25K open water race from the lineup to the upcoming 2023 World Championships. The world governing body of swimming released a letter to member federations detailing the decision on Thursday. According to the letter, the FINA Bureau, following consultation with various stakeholde...

Potomac River Swim to Honor Veterans, Encourage Open Water Events On Sept. 11, 2022, JP Vanderloo, a senior at Loudoun County High School and leader in their NJROTC program, will participate in a 20.5-mile marathon swim along the Potomac River as it winds through DC. The course will start slightly ...

The Wild Nature Of Open Water Starts and Finishes The sport of open water swimming takes several forms. We’ll divide this discussion into three categories: FINA Circuit; Amateur races; and solo swims. Each have their own required starts and finishes. The FINA Circuit for Elite Racers What: Olympics;...

By Claire Alongi, Swimming World College Intern.  When people think of going for a swim, they typically picture diving into a 25-meter chlorinated pool instead of a vast expanse of open water. While the former type of swimming is highly publicized, the latter has a niche of its own. Open water swimm...

Rhode Island residents will be making a big splash on Saturday, September 10, at the 13th annual Swim Across America Rhode Island open water swim. This swim raises funds for crucial cancer research for the swim’s local beneficiary Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, which focuses on supporting...

The Inaugural Wild Bill Swim & Paddle Challenge was a success in every aspect. More than 75 participants, from as far as Canada and San Francisco, 5 other states, and as close as across the lake, gathered for the swim and paddle events, surpassing planners’ ambitious goal of 50 swimmers. The Wild Bi...

Li Ling Yung-Hryniewiecki is ready to make open water history. Swimming to raise money for the Splash Foundation, she will aim to become the first Singaporean woman to swim the English Channel. Her goal is to raise $32,000 to aid the Splash Foundation's expansion plans. “Through my involvement with ...

Passages: Brenda Fisher, Famed English Channel Swimming Pioneer, 95 Brenda Fisher, who gained international renown in the 1950s for crossing the English Channel, died on Aug. 2. She was 95 years old. She suffered from complications of a stroke. In 1951, the 23-year-old won the Channel Race, crossing...

Sean Nuttall Swims Across Lake Ontario And Back to Raise Money For Toronto Brain Research Center Open water swimmers have crossed some of the Great Lakes in the past, some as individuals and others with a group relay. Sean Nuttall took the next step and swam across Lake Ontario — and back — in a 100...

Tokyo Flashback: Emma McKeon Crowned Queen Of The Pool with Third Tokyo Gold In 50 Metres Freestyle in 23.81 One year has passed since the Olympic Games, delayed by a year due to COVID-19, unfolded in Tokyo. To celebrate what went down in the Japanese capital, Swimming World is revisiting the champi...

Swim Brothers Joe and John Zemaitis to Swim in All 50 States in 30 Days Swim Brothers Joe and John Zemaitis on July 20 will start a swim-a-thon visiting all 50 states in 30 days to swim 10 kilometers in each. The effort will raise money for the USA Swimming Foundation in an effort to promote water s...

Marathon Swimming: A Look At Some of the Great Streaks and Crossing Records in History All serious swimmers set goals: meters/week, personal bests, beating your nemesis at the next meet, etc. For open water swimmers, there are two additional goals that often come into play: completing a big swim a s...

World Championships: Ana Marcela Cunha, Dario Verani Claim Gold in 25K Open Water Brazil’s Ana Marcela Cunha made it two titles at the 2022 FINA Open Water World Championships. After winning the women’s 5K race earlier in the week, Cunha claimed the 25K title on Thursday. She won the race in 5:24.15...

World Championships: Florian Wellbrock, Ana Marcela Cunha Claim 5k Gold Medals The first individual open water events of the World Championships took place Monday, and a pair of veteran swimmers familiar to the top of the podium captured gold medals in the 5-kilometer swim. In the men's race, German...

World Championships: Florian Wellbrock Anchors Germany to Gold in Mixed 6k Open Water Relay One day after the pool portion of the FINA World Championships concluded, the open water competition began at Lupa Lake outside of Budapest with the mixed 6-kilometer relay, featuring two women and two men fr...

Olympians Katie Grimes, Michael Brinegar Leads U.S. Delegation to Open Water Worlds Olympians Michael Brinegar and Katie Grimes lead a nine-strong Team USA to the World Open Water Championships this summer, as announced by USA Swimming on Saturday. Worlds includes not just the 10-kilometer distance,...

Wild Bill Swim and Paddle Challenge to Honor Late Dr. Bill Yorzyk The family of late Olympic gold medalist Bill Yorzyk has created the the inaugural Wild Bill Swim and Paddle Challenge this summer, benefitting clean water causes in his native Massachusetts. The event will be held on Aug. 7 in Massac...

Documentary ‘Unsinkable’ Recaps Alan Corcoran’s Swim Around Ireland Alan Corcoran’s desire to swim the length of Ireland was borne out of tragedy. It’s sparked not just a tremendous athletic feat, but a documentary film recapping the achievement. Corcoran’s latest athletic feat for charity, a circum...