U.S. Masters Swimming published 18 video presentations of the sessions, interviews and case study presentations from its Protecting Athletes Open Water Safety Conference in San Francisco last month. The Conference brought together open water and triathlon event directors, administrators, medical personnel, military experts, researchers and athletes who discussed the best practices in the sport and […]

The all-important Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race will be held at the 2011 FINA World Swimming Championships in Shanghai. The competition course for the 5K, 5K Team Time Trial, 10K and 25K races is located within an embankment in Jinshan City Beach, outside of Shanghai. The water in the embankment originates from sea water

FINA announced today the cancellation of the long-running FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix held in the majestic Sumidero Canyon, Mexico. This decision has been made based on the recommendation of the FINA Sports Medicine Committee due to water quality levels. FINA has a rule (OWS 5.3) that states “a certificate of suitability for use

The second leg of the FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup series will be held in Cancún, Mexico. And the professional marathon swimming stars are coming out with 76 of the world’s top swimmers going to battle in the gorgeous waters of the Caribbean Sea including world champions, Olympic medalists, World Cup champions, Grand Prix

South African waterman Luke Nisbet proved his endurance and ocean swimming tactical acumen when he won the King of the Bay elimination swim for the second year in a row. The five-heat mano-a-mano challenge is a innovative and exciting spectacle that culminated the Nelson Mandela Bay Splash Festival on Easter Monday. After four elimination rounds

The Algalita Marine Research Foundation and the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project conducted a study that showed 35% of the fish collected during a research expedition had plastic of some sort in their stomachs. Most of these plastic materials flow to the ocean from land and often get caught in large swirling ocean currents

Doug Woodring continues to push. He continues to educate and explain. He wants our oceans to be healthy and is constantly coming up with ways to achieve his goal. As the co-founder of Project Kaisei, the Plastic Disclosure Project and the Ocean Recovery Alliance, he travels the world to make a case for a a