After competing in the world championships in Canada and winning the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Quebec and the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in California, 2005 world 10K champion Chip Peterson is racing today in Hawaii with the Tiburon Milers in the 9.6-mile Maui Channel Swim against some fierce Australian and Russian […]

In recent articles by Craig Lord of Swim News, he reported that World Swimming Coaches Association is putting great pressure on FINA to make changes. Without understanding the implications, ramnifications or full scope of this intense debate and proposal, it was educational to read Craig‘s take on the newly proposed global aquatics organization. The one

Ocean.com reported on how scientists from the University of Bristol are collaborating with shark researchers to build an international visual biometrics database of Great White Sharks. The computer identification system will store images of the White Shark’s unique dorsal fin to help international shark groups recognize and track individual species, providing them with a better

Morty Berger, chief tidal strategist for the Manhattan Match Race and Record Attempt, announced the start times. The race, presented by RCN, will begin at 2:50 pm for the women on September 10th and at 3:10 pm for the men – all to be covered live by SwimNetwork. If they break the record held by

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Diana Nyad patiently waited out Hurricane Earl and remains on the lookout for the right conditions and Cuban visas to be issued for her and her team so she can begin her Extreme Dream Swim from Cuba to Florida. Watch the latest ABC TV news coverage here. As her

From our perspective, open water swimmers – and marathon swimmers in particular – seem to possess a desire to continue exploring one’s physiological and psychological limits in the open water after they experience the challenges and joys of their first swim. We pondered why, especially because the impetus that initially drives these athletes to the

The plans for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2012 London Olympics were officially submitted to the London Olympic Organising Committee. The carefully guarded plans will help showcase the sport in unique and entertaining ways. Undoubtedly, the eyes of the sporting public will be amazed at the sport’s presentation in London 2012. Sam Greetham,

Michael Tyson posted a visually dynamic explanation of the Round Christiansborg Swim, a 2K circumnavigation around the Danish Parliament in downtown Copenhagen. 1,033 swimmers enjoyed the race that is posted colorfully described here. Copyright © 2010 by Steven Munatones