In a new initiative, Open Water Source plans to work with a variety of environmental and sporting entities, including interested individuals from around the world, to designate well-known open water swimming locations as World Open Water Swimming Heritage Sites. The effort is to help protect and celebrate globally recognized open water swimming venues. Similar to […]

Linsy Heister of the Netherland was selected as one of the European Aquatic Athletes of the Year for 2010 by the European Swimming Federation (LEN) and LEN Magazine. Italy’s Valerio Cleri won the male Athlete of the Year The 22-year-old Dutchwoman is gaining more and more confidence as she won two titles this summer: a

As part of Fran Crippen’s legacy, The Crippen Sunset Mile will be added to the championship schedule at the 2011 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships to be held on Ft. Myers Beach in Florida next June. It was an event that Fran himself had been planning before his tragic death. Gregg Cross, race

Swimmers and fans of extraordinary endurance feats can meet environmental campaigner, explorer, author and swimming pioneer Lewis Pugh who will give a motivation talk followed by a book-signing of his book, Achieving the Impossible, at the Speedo Concept Store at Canal Walk in Cape Town, South Africa this week on December 9th. Former Prime Minister

There will be two husband-and-wife pairs on the professional marathon swimming circuit come December 26th. Besides Christian and Nadine Reichert of Germany, Damian Blaum of Argentina is getting married to Esther Nunez Morera of Spain. What is remarkable is that Damian Blaum and Esther both placed second overall in the notoriously difficult FINA Open Water

Marcellus Wiley went from not being able to swim a lap of the pool to doing ocean swims within two months. “The water will always win,” says the former NFL football star and current ESPN analyst. “Everyone has their hurdles in life and this [open water swimming] is just another hurdle. You can overcome it.

Keo Nakama, an inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, was a multi-sport star and one of the greatest swimmers of his era. And, boy, did he use some classic goggles. Too bad manufacturers don’t make those anymore. Who cares about fit, when you look cool? Marilyn Bell of Canada (shown on left)

Britta Kamrau, a world champion and inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, will appear on Open Water Wednesday to reflect back on her remarkable career and her retirement that was announced last week. She’ll also inform the Open Water Wednesday audience of the next stages of her land-based career – working at

FINA announced some major changes to its 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup 2011 calendar in order to allow its Task Force to complete its investigation of the causes and circumstances of the tragic loss of Fran Crippen and to allow the the FINA Bureau and Technical Open Water Swimming Committee to consider its findings. As