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In 1988, Roly Bisslik [shown below] became the first person to swim 30 km in over 10 hours from Venezuela to Aruba in a charity swim in order to raise funds to buy a piece of land to build an Olympic swimming pool for the community of Aruba, later named Piscina Olimpico Roly Bisslik.30 years later, Bisslik coached 5 swimmers to […]
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As of July 20th at the conclusion of the open water events at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships, Moesha Johnson (27, Australia, MSF bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @swimmer_moe) stood on top of the 5 km and 10 km podiums, as well of the World Aquatics global rankings (see below). Her 14,580 point total
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Water quality was the topic of discussion during the first few days of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships.in Sentosa Island in Singapore. Twice delayed, the most prestigious races in the open water – the Olympic distance 10 km – did not present a good look for the sport of open water swimming on the world’s
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Katie Rowe is an ocean swimmer and Hollywood stuntwoman who was recently nominated for her performance on Severance for an Emmy Award
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Bengisu Avci (Turkey, 28, IISA bio here, MSF bio here, @bengisuavci) completed the fourth fastest female North Channel crossing in 10 hours 15 seconds yesterday. “I wanted to swim fast and did race tempo for last four hours [as] they lead me to the beach in Portpatrick [Scotland].” Now the 28-year-old heads back to Çanakkale
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Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable. Four races and four gold medals. In clearly dominant fashion. Florian Wellbrock (27, Germany, MSF bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @flo.swim) was absolutely Phelpsian (Spitzian) in conditions that would be unfathomable in the controlled environment of a 50m pool: The first three German swimmers of Celine Rieder (24, World Aquatics bio here) + Oliver Klemet
Joanne Norman has completed five of the Oceans Seven channels. She was swimming well across the Molokai Channel until she experienced what every swimmer dreads.
Alessandra Rossi Cima (Brazil, 50, MSF bio here, @ale_rossi_cima_swims) has traveled around the world enjoying aquatic challenges of all kinds, traveling from in her home training base in Dubai. Her latest stop was in northern Japan where she conquered the Tsugaru Channel between Aomori and Hokkaido. She is still in disbelief that she became the
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Karen Ennis (53, Great Britain, MSF bio here, IISA bio here) summed up her message on her escort boat, “I am so sorry.” Today simply was not her day across the Tsugaru Channel in northern Japan – which would have been her seventh of the Oceans Seven channels – to achieve goal is to become the
Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable. Three races and three victories. In clearly dominant fashion. Florian Wellbrock (27, Germany, MSF bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @flo.swim) was just too much for the field in the 10 km on the first day and the 5 km on the second day at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Sentosa Island in Singapore. He completed a clean sweep
Florian Wellbrock Is Unbelievably Good, Sweeping Open Water at the World Championships Read More »