Courtesy of Hansjörg Ransmayr, Vienna, Austria. Hansjörg Ransmayr, a promoter of white water swimming, recently swam the white water channel in Vienna in his native Austria. And he has great audacious plans to organize a race in the same venue this coming September. Whitewater swimming is a discipline of open water swimming where an individual

Courtesy of Guinness World Records and Ram Barkai, Murmansk, Russia. Ram Barkai of the International Ice Swimming Association and Dmitry Blokhin, event organizer of the International Ice Swimming 3rd World Championships are rolling out the red carpet for the ice swimmers from around the world in Murmansk, Russia. Guinness World Records is honoring each of

Ram Barkai, International Ice Swimming Association, Murmansk, Russia. Under the leadership of Ram Barkai, Dmitry Blokhin [shown above on right] and referee Vitaliy Poborchiy [shown above on left], the opening ceremonies yesterday and the first day of competition at the International Ice Swimming Association 3rd World Championship and 1st Ice Swimming Arctic Cup were flawlessly

Courtesy of WOWSA, Murmansk, Russia. With the water at 0.6°C (33°F), the man for all seasons – Petar Stoychev – may face his biggest career challenge to date. The former English Channel world record holder, the 2011 FINA 25 km world champion (in 32°C water), the 4-time Olympic swimmer, the 11-time victor of the Traversée

Courtesy of Maksym Polshcha, Kiev, Ukraine. The Desna 6.5 is a challenging 6.5 km river swim down the Desna river in Kiev, Ukraine. Maksym Polshcha describes the event, “It is like swimming the Bosphorus in Istanbul. It is the same distance with similarly strong currents, but there are a swimming cap, towel, pasta party, and