Marcos Díaz have been nominated for one of the world’s prestigious awards “Premio Principe de Asturias” (Prince of Asturias Awards) in the Sports category. Marcos is the first athlete from the Dominican Republic ever to be nominated for this award. There are a total of 19 nominees for this year’s awards, all incredible world-renowned athletes. […]

The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2012 London Olympics will be held in a tight, six-loop course in Hyde Park. The compact course, high-level competition and Olympic stakes will lead to a grudge match of an epic scale. Hard-nosed, extremely fit competitors with a knack for tactics will undoubtedly come out ahead. And USA

Intrepid swimmers will swim 26 miles across Lake Memphremagog that lies between the state of Vermont in the United States and the province of Québec, Canada in search of Memphré. In Search of Memphré is a new international cross-border 26-mile marathon swimming event that harks back to the early days of the Traversée internationale du

Famed Irish singer and television personality Ronan Keating has completed a relay crossing of the Irish Sea. This effort was done to support UK Cancer Research. Keating has used his celebrity status to engage in philanthropic efforts including marathon runs, mountain climbs. For more information visit “The Swim“. Liane Llewellyn, Olly White, Nikki Fraser, Becky

The Associated Press and the Watertown Daily News reported that 66-year-old Peter Hendley was swimming from Grenell Island to Murray Island in Alexandria Bay in New York when he was hit by a boat. Peter had been swimming with a small buoy to alert others that he was in the water. However, visibility was an

Lance Ogden set a new record with a time of 4:01:07 on the 17.5-mile Ederle Swim course from Manhattan Island in New York City to Sandy Hook in New Jersey. He averaged over 4 miles per hour throughout the swim and was escorted by an all-star crew alongside the boat Together II. Although the last

The World Open Water Swimming Association presents the Personalities of Open Water Swimmer.  It is a Facebook quiz here. The sport of open water swimming attracts people of all ages, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. Perhaps because the sport holds its competitions in oceans, lakes, rivers, bays, canals, channels, and reservoirs, each with its own characteristics

Ronan Keating, the Irish singing sensation and television star of The X Factor, is out in the high seas in support the Marie Keating Foundation and breast cancer research. Ronan is now with Olympian Steve Perry and other celebrities in a bold attempt to cross the Irish Sea from North Wales to Dublin, Ireland. To

The Press Association reported that the charity relay for Cancer Research UK with its famous relay members, including Ronan Keating, Jenny Frost, Pamela Stephenson, Jason Bradbury and Steve Parry, is now about 21 miles into their 56-mile swim from Holyhead in Anglesey, North Wales, to Dublin, Ireland across the Irish Sea. While the tides and