Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Brazil. Larissa Lino Morato Campos from the city of Pará de Minas in the State of Minas Gerais became the youngest swimmer to complete the Travessia do Leme ao Pontal. Larissa Morato registered her attempt in December 2017 and has been training ever since to […]

Courtesy of Ned Denison, lac Léman, Switzerland. One cool medal at the 480m race at the Coupe de Noël in Switzerland – with historical roots that date back to 1906. The Coupe de Noël is a popular annual open water swimming competition created in 1934 when 9 swimmers competed in the 125 meter swim. The

Courtesy of WOWSA, Lake Wörthersee, Klagenfurt, Austria. Wörthersee Swim Austria is a multi-race open water swimming competition in Lake Wörthersee, Austria. With 10 races held on September 7th – 8th 2019, it is called the biggest swimming adventure in the Alps. Race distances include the following: * 17 km from Velden to Klagenfurt * 17

Courtesy of Ned Denison, Ice Swimming Hall of Fame. International Winter Swimming Association president Mariia Yrjö‐Koskinen was one of the inaugural honorees of the Ice Swimming Hall of Fame. It was a very well-deserved honor that the globe-trotting Finnish administrator and cold water swimming visionary was recognized as an Honor Swimmer by the organization founded

Courtesy of Ned Denison, Ice Swimming Hall of Fame. Jaimie Monahan was one of the inaugural honorees of the Ice Swimming Hall of Fame. It was a very well-deserved honor that the globe-trotting American executive was recognized as an Honor Swimmer by the organization founded by Ned Denison and Paolo Chiarino, Elaine Howley, Pádraig Mallon,