Courtesy of Juan Kyfo, Chalkidiki, Greece. The Greek open water swimmer Chrysostomos Giannoulakis won the 48th International Swimming Marathon of Toroneos Gulf (ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΚΟΛΥΜΒΗΤΙΚΟΣ ΔΙΑΠΛΟΥΣ ΤΟΡΩΝΑΙΟΥ ΚΟΛΠΟΥ) held in Chalkidiki, Greece. Juan Kyfo described the event, “Competitors in the 26 km marathon swim faced beautiful weather and the flawless organization by Sithon, the race volunteers,

Courtesy of Ram Barkai, Lesotho, Africa. 25-year-old Fergil Hesterman from the Netherlands – known as the Frozen Flying Dutchman – completed his 5th Ice Mile in the high altitude of over 3000 meters in a mountain lake in Lesotho, Africa on June 16th. Hesterman has proven himself to be tough, hardened and fast – and

Courtesy of Shelley Taylor-Smith, English Channel. Australian Julieanne Goode landed at Wissant Bay in France to complete a 16 hour 12 minute crossing of the English Channel today. With that accomplishment, she has now achieved the Triple Crown Of Open Water Swimming [see here]. Her coach Shelley Taylor-Smith gushed over her crossing, “I am over

Photos courtesy of Phil White (on Lake Memphremagog) and Arik Thormahle. Information courtesy of Ram Barkai, International Ice Swimming Association. Jaimie Monahan will be honored – for the second year in a row – at the 2018 Global Open Water Swimming Conference. The conference and awards ceremony will be held at The Olympic Club in

Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Dalkey Island, Ireland. Nine years after Captain Matthew Webb crossed the English Channel for the first time in human history in 1875, the first long distance sea swim was recorded in Ireland in 1884*, just south of Dublin. The coastal route was from Dalkey Island to the Bray Head Hotel. Ger

Courtesy of Phil White, NEKOWSA. Vera Rivard is a 14-year-old American open water swimmer from New Hampshire. Her exploits this year were bookmarked between a winter swim in February and a marathon swim in July. In February, she participated in 6 races during the Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont when the water