Veteran Olympian Thomas Lurz won the inaugural British Gas Great Salford Swim over Great Britain’s 2012 Olympic hopeful Tom Allen. 2,000 competitors enjoyed perfect conditions in a superb urban setting while Thomas held off the young upstart 16:44.91 to 16:46.46. Third place went to France’s Julien Sauvage in 17:01:57 with Jack Burnell fourth in 17:02:34. […]

Dale Petranech, Honorable Secretary of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, officially designated two new swims by established open water swimmers in the archives of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. For the September 1st swim of David Yudovin who swam 12 nautical miles from Madeira Ihla to Deserta Grande Ihla in the

Powerhouse Timing of New Jersey was the timing company that was contracted for the 2010 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships, the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships and the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10K race where split timing has been introduced to the highest echelon of the sport. While split times are

After setting a new Molokai Channel record in 12 hours and 53 minutes, Chris Palfrey is gearing up for another warm-water swim, this time in Australia. He plans to swim from Green Island, a small coral atoll on the Great Barrier Reef to Yorkeys Knob, north of Cairns in Far North Queensland. But he is

25K world champion Alex Meyer and 5K world champion Eva Fabian won close races at the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in China. In Shantou’s 27°C (80.6°F) muddy waters, the pro athletes from 9 countries races around a 2K loop. In men’s race, Zu Li Jun of China took a very early lead and

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The relay genre within the open water swimming world is currently in its heyday with swims – record-setting attempts, charity events and relay races – being held all over the globe. The relay genre can be defined and separated into eight general classifications: 1. Channel Relays2. Competitive Relays3. Charity

Marcelo Collet of Sao Paulo, Brazil, became the Paralympic athlete to successfully cross the English Channel. Crossing the channel – of any length – is difficult under any situation, but doing so while being physically disabled and coming from warm Brazil, is especially impressive. But his fast time of 10 hours and 6 minutes is

With the summer season over in the Northern Hemisphere and the water still cool in the Southern Hemisphere, open water swimmers are facing cool waters in many places around the world. The Daily News of Open Water Swimming is running a poll on how the global swimming community defines ‘cold’. Individuals can vote on how