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Can Women Beat Men in Marathon Swimming? By Daniela Navarrete, Swimming World College Intern. Swimmers have biological differences that affect their performance according to their sex. Women have lower hemoglobin levels, oxygen supply, and do not develop as much muscular power. Therefore, in sprint ...

Marathon Swimming: Where Women Have Outperformed the Men Today, March 8, we celebrate International Women's Day. As a tribute to the women who have contributed to, grown and defined excellence in the sport, Swimming World will run several features throughout the day which celebrate some of the great...

Ice Swimming: An Extreme Challenge In Temperatures Difficult to Fathom Ice swimming is the fastest growing extreme aquatic sport. Tens of thousands of swimmers now hit the cold water daily and before the COVID restrictions, thousands traveled to events from Siberia to Argentina to Antarctica to the ...

By: Samantha Dammann, Swimming World College Intern. Contrary to popular belief, not all popular swimming books are biographies about modern Olympians. Many swimming related books feature events and people who have conquered waves and waters across the world. Read about Lynne Cox’s daring open water...

Commentary by Norah Hunt, Swimming World College Intern.  While almost everyone loves the holidays, for swimmers there is a certain amount of dread that inevitably manifests itself this time of year. This anxiety can be chiefly attributed to holiday training. In truth, it is daunting. Doubles after ...

Olympic predictions became a little more complicated this week, given the results of the 2016 German Nationals that served as the Olympic qualifying meet for the nation. While those fast swims dominated the week, there were more stories from around the world that helped make The Week That Was! The.....

Lynne Cox: A Woman of Patience, Passion and Perseverance By Sadie Jones, Swimming World Intern Lynne Cox is a world-renowned open water swimmer, known for the amazing records she has set in the water, her bravery in trying swims not many people have even thought of attempting, and using swimming as ...

Commentary by Casey Barrett Is anyone getting the message yet? For the last year or two news of the filthy waters off of Rio keep appearing. Last week, the most high profile and authoritative voice yet weighed in: Lynne Cox, the icon who personifies the sport of open water swimming. In an Op-Ed piec...

By Bruce Wigo. In 1987, Lynne Cox convinced Mikhail Gorbachev to let her swim across the Bering Strait between the U.S. and the USSR. In doing so, she demonstrated to both superpowers how close their people really were, and helped to thaw Cold War relations. In the middle of the Bering Strait, the 2...

By Sydney Mason, Swimming World College Intern. Sometimes in the world of athletics - especially in the world of swimming - a slightly unconventional champion can fly right under our noses, and we’re none the wiser. Such is the case with pioneer open water swimmer Lynne Cox. Lynne Cox: Athlete Cox, ...

Have you ever wondered why is the International Swimming Hall of Fame is so important? The answer is simple.  It is the only entity that archives important aquatic related memorabilia in order to preserve history and educate the next generation.  Nothing demonstrates this fact more than the recent T...

With fewer than 100 days left until the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro there is still growing concern regarding the open water races to be held in Guanabara Bay and off of nearby Copacabana Beach. Lynne Cox, famed open-water swimmer, became the most recent individual to wave a red flag ...

By Katie Wingert, Swimming World College Intern.  For those swimmers feeling down--or even just disillusioned by their sport’s daily grind—Lynne Cox’s Swimming in the Sink will serve as a rejuvenating breath of fresh air. Cox, one of the world’s most accomplished open water swimmers in history, dive...