Courtesy of John Batchelder, English Channel. After waiting through a government-mandated quarantine and his window, John Batchelder finally got to attempt a 33.5 km crossing – swimming only butterfly – of the English Channel. 16 hours 13 minutes (unofficially) after stepping off the English coast, Batchelder landed in France on June 29th to become one […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FINA/HOSA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2017 12 Aug 2017 Lac Mégantic, Canada 1 RASOVSZKY Kristof Hungary HUN 1:58:18.08 2 VANELLI Federico Italy ITA 1:58:21.06 00:02.98 3 DO CARMO Allan Brazil BRA 1:58:25.02 00:06.94 4 RUFFINI Simone Italy ITA 1:58:25.27 00:07.19 5 MEISSNER Soren Detlef Germany GER 1:58:26.41 00:08.33

Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Stéphane Lecat (FRA) was the recipient of the Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award ​Poseidon Award recipient is Chris Guesdon The Poseidon Award is an annual award given by the International Swimming Hall of Fame to recognize those individuals who have gone beyond the call

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Rotorua’s Kane Radford and Auckland’s Cara Baker edged to victory in the men’s and women’s classes respectively at today’s Wellington Classic 2.8km ocean swimming championships today. Radford, 20, had to work hard for his win over newly-crowned national 5km open water champion, Bryn Murphy, of Invercargill, with just four seconds separating the two swimmers. Baker

The World Open Water Swimming Association announced its 45 nominees for the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, the World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, and the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year this week. Due to the explosive growth of the sport, from ice swims to ultra-marathon

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