Three-time pool Olympian Cecília Biagoli of Argentina proved herself as a force to be reckoned with FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup in Santos, Brazil today. The 26-year-old Olympian won the International Aquatic Marathon of Holy/Trophy Renata Chamber Agondi/ Unisanta over 40 other women on the first leg of the 2011 World Cup circuit besting […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Conducted under the recently adopted new rules of FINA, a few old-timers came out on top on the men’s side at the first race on the FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit in Santos, Brazil. German Olympian Thomas Lurz captured the opening race of the 2011 circuit with

How clear is the water in the Cayman Islands? So clear you can see your shadow at night. In a test of clarity, Open Water Source went for a shoreline swim at midnight on Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman Island under a near full moon. The shadows of the swimmers were clearly obvious on

There was plenty of bright sunny skies, warm water and tough competition – among all age groups – in the Swim Miami that was streamed live from Miami, Florida. With water temperatures of 24°C (75.2°F), there were a great mixture of many NCAA swimmers and young age-group swimmers in the venue, especially in 10K race.

Emma France announced the beginning of Dover Training on April 30th and distributed a wide variety of information that all aspiring English Channel swimmers who train in Dover should keep in mind. “Freda Streeter would like everyone to thoroughly digest the new instructions prior to arriving. This includes what you need to bring and what

Flowers Sea Swim Coordinator Lexie Kelly, a native Californian, broke the existing record from Cayman Brac to Little Cayman with a 1:53:35 crossing this morning. The mini-channel swim was a 5-mile shot starting at West End Point on Cayman Brac and finishing at East Point at the Bluff on Little Cayman. The previous record was

The final report from the FINA Task Force related to the death of Francis Crippen was released today and is now posted on the FINA website here. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source

FINA announced an annual prize money of US$100,000 will be awarded for both the men’sand women’s overall winners of its FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup in 2011. That is some good goals to swim after for a group of athletes who well deserve everything they receive. The first race of the 2011 season is

Diana Nyad is back, training hard once again for her anticipated Cuba to Florida. Nothing Great Is Easy are the well-known words written on the memorial to Captain Matthew Webb, the first man to successfully swim across the English Channel in 1875. And the words ring true for Diana. 136 years later and those words