Open Water

USA Swimming has released guidelines for open water swimming as swimmers start to use different training options with pools in many states still closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many swimmers are using open water as an alternative to get back in the water. That means some swimmers who are no...

In 1927, 17-year old Canadian George Young famously won The Wrigley Ocean Marathon across the Catalina Channel sponsored by the chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jnr.  Had Charles ‘Zimmy’ Zibleman won the race, the changes that would have brought about in Marathon and Disability Swimming might...

The 28th annual one mile Flowers Sea Swim in the Cayman Islands, which was originally scheduled for June 13, has been pushed back to October 1 - 5, 2020. The organization sent out a letter to members regarding the tentative dates. The shift to October is in hopes that it will be safe by then to cond...

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Micha Shaw won the USA Swimming national open water swimming championships in 2008, qualifying for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race. She upset eventual two-time Olympian Chloe Sutton and a number of other top American swimming stars in...

The latest reevaluation of the calendar by Swimming Canada has led to the cancellation of Canadian Open Water Championships. Swimming Canada is also evaluating contingencies for Olympic Trials in the pool to be held in late June. The organization announced Tuesday that the Open Water event, schedule...

Leonie Beck, of Germany, and Marc-Antoine Olivier, of France, topped the FINA Marathon Swim World Series in Doha today as Europeans claimed five of the six podium places in a show of continental open-water strength. European dominance in the 10km battles extended to six places among the top 10 women...

Chad Ho targets and eighth Midmar crown Thanks to Karien Jonckheere for helping to compile our Midmar Mile reports Local hero Chad Ho, the former World 5km champion and Olympic marathon swimmer from KwaZulu-Natal, will be chasing an elusive eighth title when he takes on a strong international field ...

After two sell-out years Ocean Swim Fiji is back on 24-28 August 2020! This truly unique event is the perfect balance of ocean swims in stunning locations, flat-out relaxation, classic Fijian hospitality, exclusive social events and the chance to hone your skills with our special guest and Australia...

The North Carolina Swimming Hall of Fame will induct five members as the Class of 2020 in March. The honorees, announced Tuesday, are Peter Carney, Sid Cassidy, Pat Earey, Beth Harrell and Fritz Lehman. “Our Class of 2020 North Carolina Swimming Hall of Fame Inductees represent standouts in all leve...

Who could resist? "Swimmers Wanted: Looking for young guns to train with polar swimmer. Must be willing to swim and run hard. No tea breaks. No Hogmanay. Outer Hebrides 29 Dec to 8 Jan." That's how Lewis Pugh, "polar swimmer", ocean advocate and International Hall of Fame Presidential Honor Award re...

Wild Swimming is becoming ever more popular. Below we dip a toe into the Winter Solstice swims in the Lake District of England. Some take the plunge into the cold, open waters in search of inner calm, a natural high and health (mental, blood circulation, muscular strength and even pain management), ...

This is the Swim Poll of the Week for Thursday, December 12, 2019, sponsored by Strechcordz Swim Training Products. In our last poll, we wanted to know: Should FINA support calls to move the 2020 Olympic open water marathon from Tokyo to a cooler place as a safety backup? The Olympic marathon venue ...

As open water swimming moves toward the Olympic year, FINA has announced the calendar for the 2020 edition of the FINA Marathon Swim World Series, which includes an 11-leg competition, taking place between February and October. The FINA Marathon Swim World Series will open on February 8, in Rosario,...

USA Safety Plea For Change In Tokyo 2020 Swim Marathon Venue Catherine Kase, head coach to the USA Olympic Open Water Team, and the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) of which she is a member, have joined the chorus of key stakeholders calling for the 2020 Olympic swim marathon venue to be...

When the curtain came down on the eighth Barbados Open Water Festival last weekend it was the Canadians who had claimed the lion share of medals in the four races. Stephanie Horner, a Pan Am Medalist and three-time Olympian was victorious in both the 1.5K race and the 10K race. Horner, the first Can...

At age 16, Miss Marilyn Bell was inspired when she learned that American star swimmer, ISHOF Honoree, Florence Chadwick, was being offered a $10,000 purse to complete a swim across Lake Ontario. Bell wanted the honor to go to a Canadian swimmer. Three swimmers showed up for the attempt with waves of...

It’s been a landmark year for open water swimming in Barbados. The Barbados Aquatic Sports Association (BASA) successfully hosted two major regional meets both with open water swimming races, a local charity took to the sea to raise funds through a well subscribed open water relay race and most rece...

Brazil's Ana Marcela Cunha and Italy's Marcello Guidi won the 5K open water races at the inaugural Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach Games in Qatar. The races started before 6 a.m. in Katara Beach as Guidi won the men's race at 55:21 ahead of Russia's Denis Adeev (55:26) and Ger...

Due to extreme water temperatures in Doha, Qatar, Team Canada has decided not to allow Canadian athletes to compete in the 5K open water swimming races at the ANOC World Beach Games. U.S. swimmers pulled out of the race earlier this week. Ahead of the races set for early Sunday morning, Swimming Can...

Memory Of Fran Crippen Demands Safety-First Response From USA Swimming Haley Anderson and Ashley Twichell, the top two American women open water swimmers, will not race at the ANOC World Beach Games in Qatar this weekend as planned because water temperatures are expected to exceed upper limits impos...