The Three Days In Three Seas in Israel is back and bigger than ever. The unique 3-day 30K mass marathon swim is scheduled for November 2, 3 and 4. The field is limited to 200 participants who are interested in swimming 10K in the Mediterranean Sea, 10K in the Red Sea and 10K the Sea […]

The Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in China would be a great place for a marathon swim. After four years of construction, the world’s longest bridge over water – 26 miles (42K) – was opened this week. The bridge links China’s eastern port city of Qingdao to Huangdao island and has 5,000 pillars, built by over 10,000

Swimmers use a variety of equipment, either to train in a pool or enjoy in the open water. But in King County, Washington, the Council passed a measure to require all swimmers on the county’s rivers to wear life vests. First-time offenders will get a warning; a second violation will mean an $86 fine. While

Patrick Winkler publishes a great new magazine for the hard-core and new swimming fan that was launched last year. Patrick is interviewed below on Brazilian television. The Swim Channel focuses on the Brazilian aquatics market, including the over 200 open water swims throughout the country. The former Speedo Marketing Manager and Arena Sales Manager has

The Special Olympics World Summer Games decided the heats (divisioning) for its 1.5K open water competition on Friday. Although everyone will start off together, the Special Olympics athletes will be competing with each other in their specific Division (see below). Based on their times in the 800m freestyle final on Sunday, the following divisioning by