One of the athletes in the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim World Record Attempt, presented by RCN, is Rondi Davies, a dual citizen of both Australia and the United States. In the shadows of New York City and in competition with two Olympians and the fastest man ever to cross the English Channel, nothing phases Rondi. […]

CNN and Gold Medal Mel are following Diana Nyad in her quest to swim from Cuba to Florida. CNN with Dr. Sanjay Gupta will be broadcasting live updates during the daytime and nighttime hours as well as posting her progress online at CNN.com and CNN Health.com. CNN Medical Producer Matt Sloane will be on Diana’s

Pedro Ordenes is reaching out to his fellow Chilean citizens and to the open water swimming community as best he knows. Like many around the world, Pedro is hoping everything turns out well for the 33 miners trapped deep below Chile in a mine since August 5th – with the expectation that they will remain

The Nelson Mandela Bay Splash Festival between April 22nd – 25th is going to host ten of the world’s best open water swimmers in a three-day extravaganza of open water excellence in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. First off on Day One will be the 7K Bell Buoy Challenge, won in 2009 by English Channel world

Chris Sheean, Race Director for the Big Shoulders, is sweating bullets like Colin Hill did before this year’s Great North Swim. “We can’t control the water temperature and we can’t control Tropical Storm Hermine which is forecasted to hit in the pre-dawn hours on coming Saturday in Chicago, but interest in at an all-time high.”

There are few emotional scenes in open water swimming as dramatic as marathon swimmers ‘clearing the water’ after a long swim. For marathon swims to be officially recognized, swimmer must walk into the wate from shore, swim across the body of water without assistance and finish on dry land. This ‘clearing the water’ is often

Judging from these two men – American Olympian Mark Warkentin on the left in a TYR swimsuit circa 2008 and Captain Matthew Webb on the right in a swimsuit circa 1875 – the more things change, the more things stay the same. Just as swimming was popular way back when, the open water swimming community

The photos and video are courtesy of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim Committee and LiveSwim.net. This weekend’s Waikiki Roughwater Swim was dominated by the top Australians for the third year in a row when Luane Rowe won her third straight victory and fellow Aussie Travis Nederpelt took over for Trent Grimsey who had won the previous

The Australians have always done well in the surf and tropical blue of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, but none as well as Luane Rowe who won the women’s race as expected – her third victory in three years. Her male counterpart, Travis Nederpelt of Perth, finished ahead of Americans Chip Peterson and Alex Meyer –