Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At the FINA 10KM World Cup in Santos, Brazil, the pro swimmers were identified with numbers as is usually done. But the black ink stamp pads and the circles around the numbers were extraordinarily excellent touches. Copyright © 2011 by World Open Water Swimming Association

The world of marathon swimming got back into the groove with the 2011 FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit started this weekend. Thomas Lurz, the multi-time world champion, stayed in his groove and maintained his edge as the favorite leading up to the World Championships in Shanghai this coming July. The final results are

FINA confirmed Jinshan City Beach as its site for the open water swimming races at its 2011 World Swimming Championships. Its decision was based on the quality of the water, its proximity to high-standard hotels and the ability to fulfill the new safety conditions for the 5K, 5K Team Time Trial, 10K and 25K races.

Marjorie Spitz of Swim Free announced that the oft-decorated founder of the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim Drury Gallagher is getting back into action. Drury, who is being inducted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame this year at a special United Nations ceremony, has been a competitive swimmer for over 60 years. Marjorie explains,

Olympian swimmer Natalie du Toit won the South African 10K Open Water Swim Championships in the canals of Marina Martinique with Jessica Roux second. “It was an exciting race and it was awesome to see the homeowners cheering us on from the side,” said Natalie. “They helped us to swim a fast race and I

After setting the world record in an inter-island swim from Cayman Brac to Little Cayman earlier in the day, Lexie Kelly came back a few hours later and won the annual Cayman Brac Sea Swim. Lexie is shown above together with the youngest competitor in the event, Abbey Walton, and here on Cayman 27 TV.