The Vindication Swim Goes Online
The film about Mercedes Gleitze, Vindication Swim, is now coming to North America and the UK and Ireland on the leading online platforms.
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Daragh and Dara Dared To Circle Ireland – The Duo Did It
With Captain Dara Bailey at the helm, Daragh Morgan swims entirely around Ireland in a historic circumnavigation swim of 1,468 km in 91 days.
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Croc Blockers Leads Swim Together Around The World After Week 2
Croc Blockers is currently leading the SwimTrek campaign #SwimTheWorld, the world’s largest virtual swim campaign, after Week 2.
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OCEANMAN Miami Kicks Off Spectacularly
Maximiliano Paccot, Ricardo Valdivia, and Igor Piovesan swam to podium positions in the 10 km race at the inaugural OCEANMAN Miami event last week.
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Alex Meyer’s Journey To The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
Retired Olympic marathon swimmer Alex Meyer was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Swimmer after winning the 2010 World 25 km Championships and the 2016 Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean, and representing the USA at numerous world championships.
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Rachel Griffin, Surprised and Saved by Jellies, Achieves The Triple Crown
Rachel Griffin was stung badly by jellyfish. Her dreams of finishing her crossing of the English Channel and achieving the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming seemed gone. But the painful jellyfish stings had an unexpected outcome.
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Victor Piñeiro Joins The 24-Hour Club in an Unprecedented Isle of Man to Ireland Crossing
Victor Piñeiro became a member of the 24-Hour Club by completing an unprecedented crossing from the Isle of Man to the Irish mainland, south of Guns Island.
Swimming Around Shōdoshima, Scenic Splendor
Swim Shōdoshima is an 66 km 8-day stage swim around Shōdoshima Island in Japan. Scheduled to start in June 2026, it will be the final training and logistical preparation for the 1,188 km Swim Shikoku that will start a month later.
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When The Politics of Sports Get It Right
It took years of a coordinated international effort on the part of numerous dedicated volunteers to get open water swimming into the Special Olympics World Summer Games
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Marine Creatures To Watch For In The Open Water … Adding Bears To The List
Open water swimmers have ever-growing opportunities to venture beyond the shorelines around the world. They can challenge themselves to the Oceans Seven, various kinds of Triple Crown swims, stage swims (continuous and non-continuous, contiguous and non-contiguous), ice swims, mass participation swims, and any number of new unprecedented swims in lakes, seas, and oceans that they
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