Vojislav Mijici is organizing the 41st annual Sabac Swim Marathon from Jarak to Sabac, Serbia. The 18.7K race, held on August 1st, doubles as a stop on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit. Rok Kerin of Slovenia won last year’s event that is also known as the Plivački maraton Jarak-Šabac, held in the […]

“Close your fingers!” has been shouted by more than one swimming coach to young swimmers learning how to swim freestyle. But is that the best way to swim? Daniel Marinho, Tiago Barbosa, Victor Reis, João Vilas-Boas, Francisco Alves, Per Kjendlie, Abel Rouboa and António Silva presented their study, The Effect of Finger Spread on the

Michelle Macy explains in elaborate detail about her unprecedented swim across Clarence Strait in Alaska, from Revilligegado Island to Prince of Wales Island, near the famed Pennock Island Challenge in Ketchikan. Michelle’s 6 hour 36 minute swim for 15 miles in sub-10°C (50°C) water was difficult enough, but ride on the boat back was a

Erik Van Loon of the Rotterdam Swimming Ambassadors is gearing up for the July 18th Rondje Noordereiland in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Held in the biggest artifical harbor of the world, hosted the Rondje Noordereiland offers 1.5K and 3K swims as well as a 2 x 1.5K relay. Erik and his fellow Rotterdam Swimming Ambassadors who

The Who’s Who of the elite competitive world will be in Quebec, Canada for the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships in the famed lac St-Jean. The course is a bit tricky, especially when tactically navigating in a large pack of great swimmers, but the water will be relatively warm and flat with 3,000 fans

Jose Diaz wrote an interesting article in Spanish about Elena Martinez. His questions and her answers include: Nadandolibre: Your specialty is the 25K in the open water. For this type of competition, what factors are important? Elena: Without any doubt, for me the most important factor to swim 25K is what we call the coconut.

Michael Holtz announced the Swim for Equality, a 1.7-mile swim in Malibu to raise critical awareness and funds for LGBT rights in California. On September 25, swimmers will swim 1.7 miles along the coast of Malibu to raise critical awareness and funds for Equality California. The field is limited to 50 swimmers who are each

In addition to the free accommodations offer in Fiji for the Fiji Swims, David Handley, Founding Director of the Sculpture by the Sea, reminded us that the 18K swim in Fiji can be done in multiple ways: as a solo swimmer, as a duo swimmer, as a team of 5, as someone without a team

David Handley, Founding Director of the Fiji Swims and Sculpture by the Sea, announced a contest to win four free nights in Fiji to compete in the Fiji Swims. As one of the top open water swims in the world, Fiji Swims is offering one lucky swimmer from the USA the chance to win four