Open Water

Today marks 11 years since the death of Fran Crippen in an open-water race in Dubai that should have never taken place due to extremely high water temperatures. October 23, 2010 changed Dick Shoulberg's life forever. It was on that day that Fran Crippen tragically lost his life at age 26 during an o...

Gregorio Paltrinieri, Leonie Beck Close Out LEN Open Water Cup with Wins Gregorio Paltrinieri and Leonie Beck picked up wins in the fifth and final leg of the 2021 LEN Open Water Cup Series in Alghero, Italy, on Saturday. For Paltrinieri, it’s the second straight win in home waters in Italy. It’s al...

Chloe McCardel Ties Record with 43rd English Channel Crossing Australian endurance swimmer Chloe McCardel has tied the all-time record for successful crossings of the English with her 43rd on Thursday. It’s her second of the season, and she will chase sole possession of the record by attempting her ...

Olympians Katie Grimes, Michael Brinegar Entered in Las Vegas Open Water Champions Cup Katie Grimes and Michael Brinegar, distance swimmers who qualified for the Olympics in the pool, will take to open water this weekend in the Las Vegas Open Water Champions Cup, from Oct. 8-10 in Lake Las Vegas. Th...

Being a Newbie to Open Water Swimming By Annika Hobson, Swimming World College Intern About to run headfirst into your first open water race? Don’t know how to transition from the pool to the ocean or a lake? Let my firsthand experience and lessons learned guide you. This summer, I trained for and c...

Olympic Champ Florian Wellbrock, Jeanette Spiwoks Win LEN Open Water Cup in Barcelona The German duo of Florian Wellbrock and Jeanette Spiwoks won the men’s and women’s titles at the LEN Open Water Cup race on Saturday in Barcelona. The loaded field featured four of the six medalists from the 10-kil...

Elizabeth Beisel Completes Block Island Swim, Raises More than $130,000 for Cancer Research Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel on Saturday became the first woman to swim to Block Island, a 10.4-mile trip. The Block Cancer swim, done in memory of her late father, has raised more than $130,000 for cance...

The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF) hosted its 2021 induction ceremony and welcomed its newest class. The ceremony took place virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yvetta Hlaváčová, Capri-Napoli (event), Gabriel Chaillou, Julian Critchlow, Stéphane Gomez, Neville Smith, V...

Australian Chloe McCardel Chases Record 44th English Channel Crossing Australian marathon swimmer Chloe McCardel will pursue a world record 44th crossing of the English Channel over the next month. McCardel has made the 34-kilometer crossing of the Channel on 41 occasions. That is more than any man ...

Olympic Champion Brooke Bennett Wins Female Title At Swim For Alligator Lighthouse More than 460 national and international participants competed in clear ocean waters off the Florida Keys Saturday during the Swim for Alligator Lighthouse, an 8-mile open-water challenge. Tampa Bay, Florida, resident...

Weather Forces Elizabeth Beisel to Postpone Block Island Swim Attempt Elizabeth Beisel announced on Tuesday that Thursday’s scheduled attempted swim to Block Island has been postponed. Beisel made the announcement on her Instagram page. The 29-year-old veteran of three Olympics cited adverse weather...

Caroline Jouisse, Alessio Occhipinti Win FINA UltraMarathon Series’ Capri-Napoli Stop Caroline Jouisse of France and Italy’s Alessio Occhipinti won the FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series 2021 race from Capri to Napoli in Italy on Sunday. The 36-kilometer swim over a historic course is the second leg on ...

France’s James Penrose Completes Triple Crossing of Lake Willoughby in Vermont Frenchman James Penrose has completed a triple-crossing of Lake Willoughby in Vermont, just the third swimmer to complete the crossing. Penrose completed the swim Monday, traversing the 15 miles in nine hours and 30 minut...

British Olympian Richard Burrell Starts Wessex Cancer Trust’s Swim for Hope Richard Burrell, a British Olympic swimmer, has teamed up with Wessex Cancer Trust for the Swim for Hope event in September. The event will mark the 40th birthday of the Wessex Cancer Trust with a 1.3-mile swim across the So...

Marc-Antoine Olivier, Anna Olasz Win FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim Series Stop in North Macedonia France’s Marc-Antoine Olivier and Hungary’s Anna Olasz won the latest installment of the FINA/CNSG Marathon World Swim Series 2021 in Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia on Saturday. Saturday’s race was the second in...

Olympian Nida Eliz Ustundag Wins 2021 Bosphorus Cross-Continental Race Nida Eliz Ustundag, a 2016 Turkish Olympian, and Polat Uzer Tunali won the women’s and men’s editions of the 33rd annual Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race on Saturday. The event, which has taken place annually since 1989,...

French swimmers Oceane Cassignol, Axel Reymond Win at UltraMarathon in North Macedonia French swimmers Oceane Cassignol and Axel Reymond won the women’s and men’s races, respectively, in the first meet of the FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series on Saturday. The 25-kilometer course was situated in Lake Oh...

FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series to Start Saturday in North Macedonia Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia will host the first installment of the 2021 FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series this Saturday. The 25-kilometer race is set to begin at noon local time. It’s the first stop on the UltraMarathon circuit, with...

Amazing Grace: Mother Vicki Bunke Swimming in 14 Swim Across America Events to Honor Her Daughter Swimming was never part of the Bunke family’s life. Daughters Grace and Caroline played soccer and ran. Vicki Bunke, their mother, knew how to swim but never swam seriously. “I wouldn’t have drowned,” V...

James Savage has become the youngest person to swim the entire length of Lake Tahoe. The lake which is on the California-Nevada border is 21.3 miles long and the 14-year-old Savage crossed the lake on Aug. 1, completing three parts, known as the Lake Tahoe Triple Crown, according to an ABC7 report. ...