Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Last year, open water veteran Alain Barrucand won the Traversée de Nice 5 km race. Many others will have the opportunity to compete in the 500m, 1 km, 2 km and 5 km races at this year’s Traversée de Nice à la nage (Prom’Swim) in the Baies de Anges […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sebastian Karaś has been building up to his 100 km Baltic Sea swim for several years. He competed on the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit for a few years and twice did the 19.5 km BCT Gdynia Marathon in his native Poland beginning in 2012. Then he

Courtesy of The Sporty Ladies, Ohrid Lake, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The Sporty Ladies selected Italy’s professional marathon swimmers Barbara Pozzobon as #35 and Alice Franco as #63 and Martina Grimaldi as #113 in its Weekly Top 120 Female Athletes around the world. That week, the Italian teammates placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd

Courtesy of Bodenseequerung, Bodensee, California. Samir Barel of Brazil attempted a 64 km swim across the Bodensee. At 1:16 am in pitch darkness, he was swimming well and on a record pace as he neared the halfway point in lake at the northern foot of the Alps, bordering Germany, Switzerland and Austria. But he pulled

Courtesy of 10th Annual Bill Keating Jr. Great Ohio River Swim, Ohio River, Cincinnati, Ohio. Bill Keating, Jr. was active in academic and athletic programs for more than 30 years with the University of Cincinnati, St. Ursula Academy, St. Xavier High School, UC Center for Entrepreneurship Education & Research and the UC College of Business.

Courtesy of Paul McQueeney, English Channel. Husband Paul McQueeney announced, “It is with great regret that we announce that Chloë McCardel has stopped swimming during Lap Three due to severe breathing difficulties as a result of salt inhalation. We will provide more details shortly.” McCardel had trained and put together an escort team in order

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sebastian Karaś set off today on a 100 km sea swim from Kolobrzeg, Poland to Bornholm, a Danish island in the Baltic Sea off the south coast of Sweden. The Polish swimmer has completed two BCT Gdynia Marathon swims, competed on the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup pro

Courtesy of Canah along the Danube River, Germany. Romanian Avram Iancu continues on his stage swim of 2,860 km, forecasted to last 60 days, along the Danube River through Europe. The 41-year-old librarian from Petrosani, Transylvania started his stage swim from Donaueschingen in the Black Forest in Germany. He is now heading into Day 70

Courtesy of Chloë McCardel, English Channel. Chloë McCardel is on her second lap of an unprecedented quadruple Channel crossing, a four-way English Channel crossing attempt. McCardel completed her first lap in 10 hours 26 minutes after starting on early Monday morning in water temperatures that reportedly range from 17.7°C (63.8°F) to 19°C (66°F). Video updates

Courtesy of Canah along the Danube River, Germany. Romanian Avram Iancu continues on his stage swim of 2,860 km, forecasted to last 60 days, along the Danube River through Europe. The 41-year-old librarian from Petrosani, Transylvania started his stage swim from Donaueschingen in the Black Forest in Germany. He is now heading into Day 65