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World’s Most Difficult Swims In The Southern Hemisphere

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. The world has innumerable locations for incredibly hard open water swims. Rough conditions, cold water, sharks, jellyfish, tides, currents, long distances, high altitudes and logistical considerations are the primary obstacles. What are some of swims in the Southern Hemisphere that would be on the ultimate open water […]

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china

Taipei, April 22 (CNA) Nearly 200 swimmers from China arrived in Taiwan Friday to participate in the 12th annual Olympic Hengchun Open Water Swim to be held on April 24. At the invitation of the Masters Swimming Association of Taiwan, 173 swimmers from the Fuzhou Winter Swimming Association will take part in the 3-kilometer swim

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Ukranian open water news

Olga Gora Subject: Ukranian open water news 11-13 марта – Кривой Рог – Зимний Чемпионат Украины в категории мастерс – 50, 100, 200 и 400 м в/с March 11-13 – Krivoy Rog – the Winter Championships in Ukraine in the category of Masters – 50, 100, 200 and 400 m / s http://www.facebook.com/l/8dd2769F0gZRujDZwIVj0wSERMQ/www.ukrmasters.com http://www.facebook.com/l/8dd2769F0gZRujDZwIVj0wSERMQ/www.ukrmasters.com 29-31

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Failure Sucks

In fact around 50% of people who try to swim the Channel fail. How many swimmers around the world are currently dreaming of representing their country in the 2016 Olympics? We can think of at least three Australian swimmers who’ve said they’d like to contest the marathon swim. If the selection criteria match those for

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