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What Is A World Record? Who Determines World Records In The Open Water?

by DNOWS | July 2, 2026 | marathon swimming | 0 Comments

What is a world record in the open water? Who determines the world records In the open water? What are the globally accepted standards?

Anshuman Jhingran Achieves The Oceans Seven

by DNOWS | July 2, 2026 | open water swimming | 0 Comments

Anshuman Jhingran needed one more channel in northern Japan to achieve the Oceans Seven. The 21-year-old from Mumbai did it and became the

The Kingdom Swim Registration Closes Soon

by DNOWS | July 2, 2026 | marathon swimming | 0 Comments

Swimmers from across North America are returning to the annual Kingdom Swim, held in July in Lake Mempremagog, Vermont

Swim Shōdoshima Day Six: Finish Back At The Start

by DNOWS | July 1, 2026 | open water swimming | 1 Comment

Day Six saw the conclusion of the Swim Shōdoshima. Steven Munatones and his team traversed a total of 73.61 km in 18 hours 22 minutes.

Rob Lea Achieves History’s First Double Sevens

Rob Lea became the first person in history to complete the Seven Summits and the Oceans Seven with his 11 hour 44 minute crossing of the Tsugaru Channel. He achieved The Double Sevens

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Steven Muñatones

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Steven Muñatones was an American water polo player, a collegiate swimmer, and an open water swimmer from Huntington Beach, California. He has been a coach, administrator, writer, race director, kayaker, paddler, official, observer, author, lifeguard, reporter, Olympic commentator, aquapreneur, and adviser in the the sport of open water swimming.

He founded the World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Oceans Seven, WOWSA Awards, Openwaterpedia, KAATSU Global, and KAATSU Research Foundation and served as an ambassador for the American Heart Association. He has written over 21,344 articles on open water swimming, water polo, and KAATSU to date. He created the www.imshof.org, www.openwaterswimming.com, www.openwaterpedia.com, and www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimming.com websites among many others.

He received the 1984 Harvard University John B. Imrie Award, 1990 Guinness World Record, 2001, 2005, 2007 USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Committee Award, 2002 Honor Swimmer, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, 2007 & 2010 USA Swimming Glen S. Hummer Award, 2010 Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2016 Poseidon Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2018 Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame, 2019 Honor Contributor – Media of the International Ice Swimming Hall of Fame, and 2022 Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.