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When Mariel Hawley Dávila Achieved The Oceans Seven Upper photos courtesy of @Vivi Guerrero, Cook Strait, North Island – South Island, New Zealand. Mariel Hawley Dávila became the third Mexican and the 15th person in history to complete the Oceans Seven in New Zealand in March 2019. Swimming on the same day as her close […]
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Pablo Fernández Álvarez sets a World Record for a 100 km open water swim
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Courtesy of FINA, Gwangju, South Korea. Florian Wellbrock has set himself up very well for a potential Mellouli Double at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Named after Tunisia’s Oussama Mellouli for his dual gold medal performance in the 1500m freestyle and the 10 km marathon swim at the 2012 London Olympics, the Mellouli Double is
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Gregorio Paltrinieri, Florian Wellbrock Rivalry Continues In Pool Courtesy of WOWSA, Gwangju, Korea. Florian Wellbrock of Germany won the 2019 FINA World Championships 10 km marathon swim, a victory that qualified him as the top seed for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games 10 km race – by the slimmest of margins. Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy also
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Lexie Kelly Wins 4th Straight Open Water Race Courtesy of WOWSA, San Clemente, California. Lexie Kelly won her 5th race this summer at “The Greatest Show on Surf” (San Clemente Ocean Festival). After winning the Swim the Avenues in Redondo Beach, the Newport Beach Pier to Pier Two Mile Open Water Swim in Newport Beach,
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Shameful, Simply And Sadly Shameful Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Openwaterpedia is a unique, comprehensive, multilingual online reference tool for the aquatic community. There are currently 30,994 different entries with 68,850 pages of content that are useful for research, reference and expanding one’s knowledge and appreciation of the sport with the following entries as
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Jim Loreto, Natalie Lang, Mark Sheridan Swim Across The Southern Border Courtesy of Phil White, lake Memphrémagog, Quebec, Canada. In Search of Memphre is a 40.2 km cross-border marathon that begins in the American state of Vermont and finishes in the Canadian province of Quebec across Lake Memphremagog. Lake Memphremagog in the southern border of
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Axel Reymond Wins His Second 25 km World Title Courtesy of FINA, Yeosu Expo Ocean Park, Gwangju, Korea. The 25 km race among the men in the 2019 FINA World Championships is a race among veterans, but Frenchman Axel Reymond successfully defended his title over Russian Kirill Belyaev – by a mere 0.3 seconds. The race
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Ana Marcela Cunha Charges To Gold Courtesy of FINA, Yeosu EXPO Ocean Park, Gwangju, South Korea. Déjà vu not unsurprisingly struck Ana Marcela Cunha at the FINA World Championships. A day after she qualified for her third Olympics, Ana Marcela Cunha continued her unprecedented versatile World Championship career with a close victory over Aurélie Muller
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Florian Wellbrock, Marc-Antoine Olivier Go Mano-a-Mano Courtesy of FINA, Yeosu EXPO Ocean Park, Gwangju, South Korea. Florian Wellbrock won the FINA World Championships 10 km marathon swim, a victory that qualified him as the top seed for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games 10 km race – by the slimmest of margins. The 21-year-old Wellbrock, one
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