Courtesy of Ioannis Kifonidis, Toroneos Gulf, Greece. A Greek motion picture inspired by the 26 km International Swimming Marathon of Toroneos Gulf (ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΚΟΛΥΜΒΗΤΙΚΟΣ ΔΙΑΠΛΟΥΣ ΤΟΡΩΝΑΙΟΥ ΚΟΛΠΟΥ) will be filmed in Chalkidiki [birthplace of Aristotle], northern Greece in 2019. Experienced marathon swimmers and open water swimmers from Greece and other countries will act as the

Courtesy of Ryan Stramrood, Donaghadee, Northern Ireland. Under normal conditions with even the most experienced channel swimmer, 21 miles through 12.8°C (55°F) water in 12°F air temperature with wind chill and drizzle would seem to be a nearly impossible task. But given a hardened ice swimmer from South Africa supported by an experienced crew, a

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Congratulations are in order for both Paris and Los Angeles. While French President Emmanuel Macron will accept the International Olympic Committee offer to host the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, the City of Los Angeles will start to receive payments in 2018 for its acceptance of hosting the 2028

Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Audrey Dalton had the shock of her life when she almost drowned at the age of five. When she went into a coma, her doctors told her parents that she might never wake up. But miracles happen and she recovered and can recall in detail

Photo of Julie Ridge by Ron Modra for Sports Illustrated, Manhattan Island, New York. When Jaimie Monahan, Courtney Moates Paulk, Michele Walters, Gilles Chalandon, Steve Gruenwald and Mo Siegel set off for a double circumnavigation of Manhattan Island and completed their 91.6 km (57-mile) non-stop swim between July 28th and 29th at the inaugural 40

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On her third attempt in an inter-island swim, Spain’s Margarita Tita Llorens Bagur finally swam 84 km (52.3 miles) from Ibiza to Mallorca (Cruce Canal Ibiza-Mallorca) in 28 hours 13 minutes in 2015. History may repeat itself for the president of the Menorca Channel Swimming Association. In 2016, she

Courtesy of Phil White, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. On July 29th, the Ninth Annual Kingdom Swim was held on Lake Memphremagog in Vermont that drew athletes from 25 American states, two Canadian provinces, and Argentina. The swimmers ranged in ages from 10 to 74, but the star of the event was 34-year-old Sandra Frimerman-Berquist who set

Courtesy of Canah along the Danube River, Germany. Romanian Avram Iancu continues on his scheduled 60-day stage swim of 2,860 km 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 36 as each day