Courtesy of WOWSA, Tateyama Hojo Coast, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Yukimi Moriyama won the Japan National Open Water Swimming Championships in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture over Minami Niikura in second and Mia Yamamoto in third. Moriyama and Niikura will represent Japan at the 2019 FINA World Swimming Championships. Women’s Top 10 Results: 1. 森山幸美 2:06:54.2 2. 新倉みなみ […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Tateyama Hojo Coast, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. This morning, Taishin Minamide comfortably won the 2018 Japan National Open Water Swimming Championships in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture over Yosuke Miyamoto in second and Taiki Nonaka in third. Minamide and Miyamoto will represent Japan at the 2019 FINA World Swimming Championships with the opportunity to qualify

Courtesy of Kelvin Trautman, English Channel. After generating much attention on the importance of protecting the world’s oceans and marine life, especially around Great Britain, during his unprecedented stage swim called The Long Swim, Lewis Pugh has been going non-stop on dryland. Through his talks and explanations with politicians and government leaders to look towards

Courtesy of College Swimming Coaches Association of America, Lone Star Lake, Lawrence, Kansas. Giovanni Gutierrez Lozano defended his national title at the 5 km College Swimming Coaches Association of America National Collegiate Open Water Swimming Championships in Lone Star Lake in Lawrence, Kansas. Missouri University won the team title with its top three swimmers sweeping

Courtesy of College Swimming Coaches Association of America, Lone Star Lake, Lawrence, Kansas. After finishing third in the team race in last year’s 5 km College Swimming Coaches Association of America National Collegiate Open Water Swimming Championships, Missouri University was led by individual winner Audrey Guyett to win the team title in Lawrence, Kansas. Missouri

Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, Oceanside, California. The Tiki Swim is one very cool, hip ocean swim in Southern California. The Tiki Swim offers two different races. Both the 1.2- and 2.4-mile courses finish at the Oceanside Harbor and are part of the Oceanside Chamber of Commerce Harbor Days Festival. Race director Brian Long combines all

Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On September 20th, Edilson Heleno Holz Bento became the latest swimmer to complete the 36 km Travessia do Leme ao Pontal in Rio de Janeiro with the longest time in the history of the Leme to Pontal Swimming Association. Edilson Bento,

Courtesy of Oscar Rubio, Noli, Italy. Last weekend, Noli was the site of last stage on the Open Water World Tour. Over 500 swimmers from all other Europea gathered in Noli, Italy for the final race of the Italian Open Water Tour Challenge 2018. It was a colorful event. A rainbow effect was enabled by