Departing England In the English Channel Reaching France Courtesy of Diego López Dominguez, English Channel. After prepping with two marathon swims – the 57.9 km END-WET river swim in 11 hours 0 minutes on June 16th and the 32 km Stage 5 at the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in 8 hours 42 minutes on […]

Courtesy of Radek Táborský, English Channel. 22 swimmers from the Czech Republic have completed a crossing of the English Channel. Michael Mrůzek‘s friend Ivan Smolka inspired him to become the 23rd Czech swimmer. “I would not plan to cross myself. After I was able to complete the 36 km Capri-Napoli swim, he came up with

Courtesy of Channel Swim Japan, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. Matías Ola was thwarted by strong winds, the massive Tsugaru Current and persistent waves after 3 hours 21 minutes in his Tsugaru Channel attempt in northern Japan. Conditions got tremendously turbulent after Matías was hit by the strong winds in the middle of the Tsugaru Current. The

Courtesy of Trans Tahoe Relay, Lake Tahoe, California. Last year, the 10-mile Trans Tahoe Relay attracted over 1,200 competitors from all over the country. For the past seven years The Olympic Club and the Trans Tahoe Relay have joined together with the League to Save Lake Tahoe in order to Keep Tahoe Blue. Already 202

Courtesy of Track.RS, North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. For the second time within a year, 33-year-old Caroline Block attempted an unprecedented two-way crossing of the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. For the third time, Block successfully completed a crossing from Northern Ireland to Scotland. She initially crossed in 14 hours 31

Courtesy of LongSwimsDB, Manhattan Island, New York. On June 30th after 10 hours 53 minutes at the age of 67 years and 148 days, Pat Gallant-Charette became the oldest person to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming and the oldest female* to complete a circumnavigation swim around Manhattan Island in New York. She

Courtesy of Track.RS, North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland in August 2017. Back in August 2017, 33-year-old Caroline Block, an anthropologist from Baltimore, Maryland, was on her way to doing an unprecedented two-way crossing of the North Channel. Her first crossing of the North Channel from Northern Ireland to Scotland was completed in 14

Courtesy of Effect of leg kick on active drag in front-crawl swimming: Comparison of whole stroke and arms-only stroke during front-crawl and the streamlined position, Journal of Biomechanics by Kenzo Narita of the University of Tsukuba, Motomu Nakashima of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Hideki Takagi of the University of Tsukuba. Japanese scientists Kenzo