Courtesy of WOWSA, Sfax, Tunisia. Nejib Belhedi of Tunisia has trained long and hard to attempt the longest, toughest, most challenging swim of his career. “I have swum for 24 hours straight without any stops in 25m swimming pool in Tataouine. I crossed the English Channel in extreme weather and tidal conditions. I swam 1400 […]

Courtesy of Getty Images, Loch Lomond, Scotland. Kristóf Rasovszky won the shortest and longest races on the 2018 LEN European Championship open water schedule: the 5 km and 25 km. And the emerging Hungarian star also put in the closest possible effort to upset Olympic champion Ferry Weertman in the 10 km. Although he finished

Courtesy of Eurosport, Loch Lomond, Scotland. Sharon van Rouwendaal had four incredible performances at the 2018 LEN European Championships that are being held in Scotland’s Loch Lomond. On the first day of the open water swimming competition on August 8th, she dominated the 5 km race. On the second day on August 9th, she won

Courtesy of Mike Lewis, Hojo Coast, Tateyama, Japan. Channel swimmers and marathon swimmers have escort pilots, support crews, observers and in some cases, dryland logistics and social media volunteers. Ice swimmers have seconds and a variety of other volunteers and officials who help them compete in cold venues. And the fastest of the fast in

Courtesy of WOWSA, Loch Lomond, Scotland. On August 9th, Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands won her second event at the LEN European Championships in dominating fashion in Loch Lomond, Scotland. On August 11th, she followed a double gold performance in her solo swims with her third goal in the 5 km mixed team relay