Courtesy of WOWSA, Black Sea, Bulgaria. Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna has hosted the 4.5 km Varna-Galata Swimming Marathon (Плувен маратон Галата-Варна) for the 78th time. Cash prizes of 1,000BGN (US$591) are given to the top finishers that included Ventseslav Aidarski last year who won in 52 minutes 55 seconds, a record time. Gabriela […]

Courtesy of Bob Placak, Raccoon Strait, San Francisco Bay, California. The unique aspect of the RCP Tiburon Mile is the head-to-head competition between top pool swimmers and top open water swimmers. While the open water swimmers come down in distance (from 5 km, 10 km and 25 km), the pool swimmers go up in distance

Courtesy of Devon Clifford, Hudson River. Joe Zemaitis (38) in 39 hours 52 minutes 46 seconds John Zemaitis (35) in 40 hours 1 minute 8 seconds Katrin Walter (40) in 40 hours 54 minutes 29 seconds Greg O’ Connor (50) in 42 hours 9 minutes 9 seconds Devon Clifford (28) in 42 hours 40 minutes

Photos courtesy of Kelvin Trautman, English Channel, UK. Lewis Pugh is certainly focused and remains on message as he constantly strives to create and tackle difficult and unusual swims around the world while drawing attention and creating awareness about the impact of climate change and the vital role our oceans play for humanity. From the

Courtesy of Diego López Dominguez, Hudson River, New York. The longest week in open water swimming – the 120-mile 7-day 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim – is coming down to two brothers competing for first place: 38-year-old older brother Joe Zemaitis versus his 35-year-old younger brother John Zemaitis. On the final Stage 7 from George

Courtesy of WOWSA. Swimming World Magazine published an article about female coaching role models for young women. The article by Payton Titus focused on three well-established swimming coaches [see here]: Jill Sterkel of the University of Texas, Penny Dean, Ph.D. of Pomona-Pitzer College, and Teri McKeever of the University of California Berkeley. Titus writes, “Women

Courtesy of Terence Bell, Venice Beach, California. The Ocean Lover, an educational company that offers knowledge about the underwater world through digital content and physical experiences, is a project by aquapreneur Terence Bell. He explains, “The Ocean Lover is an educational company that is dedicated to reconnecting people with the underwater world through sharing personal