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Alessandra Rossi Cima Becomes First Brazilian To Achieve The Oceans Seven

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Alessandra Rossi Cima (Brazil, 50, MSF bio here, @ale_rossi_cima_swims) has traveled around the world enjoying aquatic challenges of all kinds, traveling from in her home training base in Dubai. Her latest stop was in northern Japan where she conquered the Tsugaru Channel between Aomori and Hokkaido. She is still in disbelief that she became the […]

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Karen Ennis – She Came, She Swam, She Will Return (to Tsugaru in her Quest for the Oceans Seven)

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Karen Ennis (53, Great Britain, MSF bio here, IISA bio here) summed up her message on her escort boat, “I am so sorry.” Today simply was not her day across the Tsugaru Channel in northern Japan – which would have been her seventh of the Oceans Seven channels – to achieve goal is to become the

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Florian Wellbrock Is Unbelievably Good, Sweeping Open Water at the World Championships

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Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable. Three races and three victories. In clearly dominant fashion. Florian Wellbrock (27, Germany, MSF bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @flo.swim) was just too much for the field in the 10 km on the first day and the 5 km on the second day at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Sentosa Island in Singapore. He completed a clean sweep

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Ichika Kajimoto Pulls Off Historic Victory, Wins Japan’s First Open Water Race at World Championships

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On the third open water race at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Singapore’s Sentosa Island, the athletes were exhausted from the heat, the conditions, and the revised schedule with less rest. It was brutal. But everyone was in the same boat. Moesha Johnson (27, Australia, MSF bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @swimmer_moe) had

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Florian Wellbrock, Gregorio Paltrinieri Déjà Vu – Go 1-2 in 10K at World Championships

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In a repeat of competition in extremely high (30.2°C/86°F) water and air temperatures, the men’s 5 km race at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Sentosa Island in Singapore saw the results as the 10 km race on Wednesday. It was a bit closer – as can be expected in a race half as long – but Florian Wellbrock (27,

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Moesha Johnson Prepares, Adapts, and Dominates 10K World Championships

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Moesha Johnson (27, Australia, MSF bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @swimmer_moe) was touted as the race favorite – and she lived up to her pre-race billing – winning the 10 km race at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships with plenty of room to spare. He victory helped kick off the open water events in

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Race With Everything Ends With Florian Wellbrock, Gregorio Paltrinieri, Kyle Lee 1-2-3 At The World Championships

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After water quality delays and extremely high (30°C/86°F) water and air temperatures, the men’s 10 km race at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Sentosa Island in Singapore finally got underway and did not disappoint. The race had everything: Compared to Paltrinieri’s best time of 14:32.80 and Wellbrock’s best time of 14:34.89 in the 1500m freestyle in the pool,

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Kyle Marshall Wins The Mega In Huntington Beach

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An estimated 110 million people visit the beaches of Southern California during the summer time. From star-laden Malibu to the hipster-centric Laguna Beach, the Left Coast of America is renowned for its miles of shoreline, sunshine (as well as its May Gray, June Gloom, and No-sky July), coastal cruising locations, people-watching, and sports opportunities. An estimated

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Avram Iancu Continues to Cruise…Triple Crown of River Stage Swims

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Avram Iancu (49, Romania, MSF bio here, @avramiancu) is doing well during the first half of his 530 km Triple Crown of River Stage Swims in the Rhine River. He is on schedule to swim from the North Sea to the Black Sea eventually reaching the Main River and swimming along the Danube River through the heart of continental Europe. Day 16 saw Avram

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