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By Phillip Whitten HONOLULU, October 31. COMPETITION begins this morning on Waikiki Beach for the first FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships. Some 164 competitors representing 34 nations are expected to compete in the clear blue waters of Waikiki in three official open water events: the 5K (...

FUKUOKA, Japan, July 21. ITALY'S Viola Valli overcame strong currents and a jellyfish sting to win her second gold medal of the FINA World Championships with victory in the women's 25K open water race today. Earlier, in the men's race, Russian favorite Yuri Koudinov put on a sprint in th...

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...

Coverage of the World Championships is sponsored by Wylas Timing. Visit our landing page for more. Haley Anderson of the United States successfully defended her women's 5K open water title today at the 2015 FINA World Championships. Anderson won the race in 58:48.4, while Greece's Kalliopi Araouzou ...

FUKUOKA, Japan, July 16. ITALY won gold medals today in both the men's and women's 5K open water swims, the only two events contested on the first day of the FINA World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Luca Baldini and Viola Valli had little difficulty in winning the men's and w...

HONOLULU, October 31. GERMANY'S Peggy Buchse and Russia's Evgueni Bezroutchenko were the winners of the 5 kilometer race, the first event at the First FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, held today at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii. Buchse won the women's event in one hour, ...

HONOLULU, November 4. EUROPEAN swimmers dominated the final event of the First FINA World Open Water Open Water Swimming Championships, taking the all the medals in both the men's and women's 25 kilometer race, swum today off Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii. The gruelling event is the equi...