40-year-old Yasutaka Kurokawa of Tokyo man successfully swam across the 25K Fehmarn Belt Strait between Germany and Denmark in 6 hours and 24 minutes. “It was really cold. I’m glad I’ve come home alive. I felt several times that it was beyond the limits of my ability. I’d like to thank the people who supported […]

After races in Argentina (Rosario, Santa Fe and Hernandarias-Parana), Mexico (Sumidero Canyon), Italy (Capri-Napoli), Canada (Lac St-Jean and Lac Memphremagog), Serbia (Sabac) and Macedonia (Ohrid Lake) with one race to go in the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi), Petar Stoychev is well-positioned to continue his remarkable lock on yet another FINA Open Water Swimming Grand

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

LiveSwim.net will bring online coverage of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim on September 6th. It will be the first time in the history of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim that highlight clips from the race across Waikiki Beach will be posted online. Chris Lundie, founder of LiveSwim.net, said, “This truly a new and exciting experience for us

Western Australia is offering a six-part Open Water Swimming Series with standard distances that runs from October to January across Perth’s metropolitan beaches. The first race is at Rockingham Beach (1.25K, 2.5K and 5K) on October 31st. The second race is at Mullaloo Beach (1.25K, 2.5K and 5K) on November 13th. The third race is

Scott Rice of the New Zealand Ocean Swim Series announced the dates of the 2010-2011 races. The extremely popular, six-part summer series will kickoff in November with the State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series: 2.8K Harbour Crossing on November 21st 2010 and will head to a variety of locations where athletes will encounter a variety

Most recently, there have been several wetsuit-clad marathon swims of note from the Bering Strait to northern California. In the Old School, where the rules of the English Channel and British Long Distance Swimming Association have played such an influential and important role since 1926, these swims would not be certified, ratified or authorized. Old

The Daily News of Open Water Swimming often receives emails expressing various viewpoints on the sport of open water swimming. One such recent letter to the editor was related to the use of wetsuits, a timely topic given the fact that there have been several well-publicized marathon swims done with wetsuits recently. The writer-swimmer asked