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Alisa Fatum Blasts Fast 200m At International Winter Swimming World Championships

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Alisa Fatum Blasts Fast 200m At International Winter Swimming World Championships Courtesy of International Winter Swimming World Championships, Lake Bled, Slovenia. Alisa Fatum easily was the fastest 200m freestyler at the 2020 International Winter Swimming World Championships in 2:16.18, faster than her older rivals, Julia Wittig (2:24.62) and Jade Perry (2:29.57). It was Fatum’s second […]

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Luka Turk Breaks 2-Minute Barrier At International Winter Swimming World Championships

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Luka Turk Breaks 2-Minute Barrier At International Winter Swimming World Championships Courtesy of International Winter Swimming World Championships, Lake Bled, Slovenia. Luka Turk accomplished what was previously thought impossible: breaking the two-minute barrier in the 200m freestyle in the International Winter Swimming World Championships. His record of 1:59.49 Lake Bled, Slovenia has now become the

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Bill Brand 2.0, Making A Lasting Impact With A Second Chance

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Bill Brand 2.0, Making A Lasting Impact With A Second Chance Courtesy of Mayor Bill Brand of Redondo Beach, California. Bill Brand of grew up close to the Southern California coast. The visionary of competitive ocean swims in Redondo Beach, he has long surfed, swam, and paddled as a kid, teenager, young adult and aging

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Aleksandra Bednarek Wins International Winter Swimming World Championships 100m Breaststroke

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Aleksandra Bednarek Wins International Winter Swimming World Championships 100m Breaststroke Courtesy of International Winter Swimming World Championships, Lake Bled, Slovenia. Aleksandra Bednarek of Poland won the 100m breaststroke at the 2020 International Winter Swimming World Championships in 1:20.94, just a bit faster than Marion Joffle who finished second overall in 1:21.69 and Elina Mäkinen in

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Kristóf Rasovszky Awarded FINA’s World Open Water Swimmer Of The Year

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Kristóf Rasovszky Awarded FINA’s World Open Water Swimmer Of The Year Courtesy of FINA. FINA awarded its Male World Open Water Swimmer Of The Year recognition to Hungary’s Kristóf Rasovszky who won a FINA World Championships 5 km title and the overall title in the season-long FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series. He represented Hungary in

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Adherbal Treidler de Oliveira Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year

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Adherbal Treidler de Oliveira Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year Courtesy of WOWSA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Adherbal Treidler de Oliveira is one of the few channel swimmers over the last 140 years who has had to endure a mass of flesh and muscles being ripped from his body, leaving a

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Gulf Of Finland Relay Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year

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Gulf Of Finland Relay Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cold…bone-chilling cool. Long…mind-boggling long. Difficult…unbelievably difficult. Fast…world-class fast. All of the nominees in the 2019 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year could be defined by these adjectives. The WOWSA Awards are an annual

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Travesía Interminable Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year

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Travesía Interminable Is World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year Courtesy of WOWSA, Mexico City. Travesía Interminable is a book that was written by Antonio Argüelles and Adam Skolnick that covers Argüelles’ life and experiences as he achieved the Oceans Seven. The book is selling well in Mexico, Latin America and Spain and will

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