The II Asian Beach Games in Muscat, Oman are underway at Qantab Beach where 5K and 10K marathon swims are being contested. Saleh Mohammad of Syria won his second straight 5K at the Asian Beach Games in a time of 1:00.14 over Wachao Xu of China and multi-time world champion Yuri Kudinov representing Kazakhstan. Li […]

Linda Kaiser, Randy Brown, Michelle Macy, Joel Swartz, Billy Brown and Mike Spalding swam courageously for two straight days. Not just anywhere – but across the Kaieieiwaho Channel between the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Kauai – sharks, Portuguese Man-o-War – if there were ever a truly dangerous channel to cross, this was it. This

It’s extreme. It’s brutally cold. And exhilarating. Jack Bright is producing a film on 1.PKO, a swimming club in the Czech Republic that specializes in winter swimming in freezing water temperatures. “It isn’t just a few crazy people, but an organized sport with frequent races through the winter season,” explained Briht. “In the Czech Republic

In 1993, V. Mougios and A. Deligiannis wrote about the effect of water temperature on performance, lactate production and heart rate at swimming of maximal and submaximal intensity in the Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. The effects of water temperatures of 20°C (68°F), 26°C (78.8°F) and 32°C (89.6°F) were measured in submaximal and

In 1977, B. Neilsen wrote about the physiology of thermoregulation during swimming that was presented in B. Eriksson & B. Furberg’s Swimming Medicine IV – Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress on Swimming Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Body temperature is balanced between heat produced and lost by conduction, convention, radiation, and evaporation. When heat lost

Lewis Pugh, well-known for his pioneering ice swims in the North Pole (-1.7°C) and Mount Everest, drafted 20 tips for cold-water swimming based on his experience of getting in with the right mindset. With a tradition of ice-swimming around New Year’s around the world, his tips make sense. GEAR1. Keep your head warm. Wear a

Heidi George, ranked sixth in the 2009 FINA World Cup series, has been added to the King and Queen of the Sea Light Circuit and Challenge in Rio de Janeiro this weekend. Heidi has race all over the world, so adding another city and race to her resume seems natural. She has been to Abu

46-year-old American Nathaniel Waring of Tampa, Florida set a world record by swimming the 10.7 miles (17.2K) from Tahiti to Moorea on May 1st, 2010. Nathaniel, recently retired from the travel industry, swam from Punaauia Pass on Tahiti’s West Coast to Vaiare Pass, on Moorea, Tahiti’s sister island. The well-traveled Stanford graduate, founder of Cox

The Tynedale Sports Council in south-west Northumberland, England awarded Colin Hill, the most innovative open water race director in the world, as its 2010 Sportsman of the Year and presented him with the Hexham Courant Trophy yesterday. Sports council vice chairman Brian Tilley explained the background of the awards. “The standard of achievement was particularly