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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 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, 2022 Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.

Florian Wellbrock Is Unbelievably Good, Sweeping Open Water at the World Championships

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Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable. Three races and three victories. In clearly dominant fashion. Florian Wellbrock (27, Germany, MSF bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @flo.swim) was just too much for the field in the 10 km on the first day and the 5 km on the second day at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Sentosa Island in Singapore. He completed a clean sweep […]

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Ichika Kajimoto Pulls Off Historic Victory, Wins Japan’s First Open Water Race at World Championships

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On the third open water race at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Singapore’s Sentosa Island, the athletes were exhausted from the heat, the conditions, and the revised schedule with less rest. It was brutal. But everyone was in the same boat. Moesha Johnson (27, Australia, MSF bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @swimmer_moe) had

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Florian Wellbrock, Gregorio Paltrinieri Déjà Vu – Go 1-2 in 10K at World Championships

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In a repeat of competition in extremely high (30.2°C/86°F) water and air temperatures, the men’s 5 km race at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Sentosa Island in Singapore saw the results as the 10 km race on Wednesday. It was a bit closer – as can be expected in a race half as long – but Florian Wellbrock (27,

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Moesha Johnson Prepares, Adapts, and Dominates 10K World Championships

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Moesha Johnson (27, Australia, MSF bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @swimmer_moe) was touted as the race favorite – and she lived up to her pre-race billing – winning the 10 km race at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships with plenty of room to spare. He victory helped kick off the open water events in

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Race With Everything Ends With Florian Wellbrock, Gregorio Paltrinieri, Kyle Lee 1-2-3 At The World Championships

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After water quality delays and extremely high (30°C/86°F) water and air temperatures, the men’s 10 km race at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Sentosa Island in Singapore finally got underway and did not disappoint. The race had everything: Compared to Paltrinieri’s best time of 14:32.80 and Wellbrock’s best time of 14:34.89 in the 1500m freestyle in the pool,

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Kyle Marshall Wins The Mega In Huntington Beach

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An estimated 110 million people visit the beaches of Southern California during the summer time. From star-laden Malibu to the hipster-centric Laguna Beach, the Left Coast of America is renowned for its miles of shoreline, sunshine (as well as its May Gray, June Gloom, and No-sky July), coastal cruising locations, people-watching, and sports opportunities. An estimated

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Avram Iancu Continues to Cruise…Triple Crown of River Stage Swims

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Avram Iancu (49, Romania, MSF bio here, @avramiancu) is doing well during the first half of his 530 km Triple Crown of River Stage Swims in the Rhine River. He is on schedule to swim from the North Sea to the Black Sea eventually reaching the Main River and swimming along the Danube River through the heart of continental Europe. Day 16 saw Avram

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Ocean Navi Completes A Rough Molokai Channel Crossing

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The swimmers of Ocean Navi started out doing 1-2 km coastal ocean swimming competitions throughout Japan over a decade ago. Gradually, they started to challenge themselves to longer swim across the Tsugaru Channel and Sado Channel in northern Japan. Now the Ocean Navi teams are regularly heading over to Hawaii to attempt crossings of the

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