Eric Shanteau is an American Olympic swimmer who is also a cancer survivor. He hosts the LiveSTRONG Open Water Event at Lake Lanier Islands in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on October 8th. The LiveSTRONG Open Water Event is a full day of open water swimming races and clinics with entertainment and Olympic swimmers in the spirit […]

Craig Lenning joined yet another exclusive club of marathon swimming today after a courageous cold-water swim in a northernly clime. Previously a member of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, Craig is now a member of the North Channel club, one of the most exclusive and notoriously difficult fraternities in the open water swimming

The annual Martin Duggan Memorial Swim was held on the Blackwater River at Fermoy, Ireland. Despite (or perhaps because of?!?) unfavorable conditions, 42 hardy swimmers, including 22 non-wetsuiters, took part in this 2K freshwater race. In a great indication of a bright future, 24 of the swimmers were under the age of 18, making this

In this online discussion with Human Kinetics, the following question was asked (2 minutes into the interview), “Given the untimely death of Fran Crippen, do you think the rules of open water swimming need to be changed?” The answer was as follows, “First and foremost, the rules of open water swimming need to be followed

How global is open water swimming? At the recent FINA World Championships, there were four new countries that were represented by the gold medalists on top of the awards podium. For the first time in FINA World Championship history, Bulgaria (Petar Stoychev in the men’s 25K), Brazil (Ana Marcela Cunha in the women’s 25K), Switzerland

In addition to the growing crowds that flock to the most well-known channels of the world (English and Catalina), the growth of the sport is also seen in the number of swimmers who challenge themselves in other lesser-known channels around the world. This week, Chris Layton and Marcia Cleveland were examples of such swimmers when

Australian swimmer Melissa Gorman who earned a position at the 2012 Olympics by placing 4th in 10K open water swimming event and a silver in the 5K team pursuit event, has qualified in the 7th position for the finals in the 1500m pool event. Gorman posted a time of 16:07.39. The women’s 1500m final will

Shelley Taylor-Smith made history again by becoming the first female head referee in a men’s open water world championship race. She received the honor in her trademark event, the 25K, where she once reigned as world champion. Besides her unprecedented string of victories around Manhattan Island, her records around the world and her 1991 world

Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association (NEKOWSA) will host In Search of Memphre, a 26-mile (42K) invitational swim across lac Memphremagog on September 10th. The invited swimmers include Elaine Kornbau Howley, Greg O’Connor, Jen Dutton and Charlotte Brynn. The course will be the length of the beautiful Lake Memphremago, either swimming from Newport, Vermont, U.S.A.