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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Swim Shōdoshima is an 66 km 8-day stage swim around Shōdoshima Island in Japan. Scheduled to start in June 2026, it will be the final training and logistical preparation for the 1,188 km Swim Shikoku that will start a month later.
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It took years of a coordinated international effort on the part of numerous dedicated volunteers to get open water swimming into the Special Olympics World Summer Games
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Open water swimmers have ever-growing opportunities to venture beyond the shorelines around the world. They can challenge themselves to the Oceans Seven, various kinds of Triple Crown swims, stage swims (continuous and non-continuous, contiguous and non-contiguous), ice swims, mass participation swims, and any number of new unprecedented swims in lakes, seas, and oceans that they
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Notable swimmers across the 14.4 km Strait of Gibraltar during the 2025 season included Marcia Cleveland, Sarah Thomas, Sayani Das, Andreas Waschburger, Kathryn Mason, Luis Gilberto Noriega Hoces, Anshuman Jhingran and Tuna Tunca
Notables Across The Strait of Gibraltar During The 2025 Season Read More »
Francismar Siviero is now competing on the domestic Brazilian open water swim series – like the Ilhabela Channel Crossing – before heading off to Argentina for the OCEANMAN race in Córdoba on his global tour.
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Seas The Day is currently leading the SwimTrek campaign #SwimTheWorld, the world’s largest virtual swim campaign, after Week 1.
Seas The Day Leads Swim Together Around The World After Week 1 Read More »
McKinlee Hand of Seattle, Washington became an Iron Icewoman after competing in the Ironman Arizona
McKinlee Hand Becomes An Iron Icewoman Read More »
Many open water swimming greats have been honored over the last 140 years. There are hundreds of memorial events and statues around the world
Markers, Memorials, and Monuments of Open Water Swimming Greats Read More »
The Japanese language has been interesting words that have no direct translation into English, but I can appreciate as an open water swimmer
Unique Japanese Words That Open Water Swimmers Can Appreciate Read More »
Tina Deeken of Germany qualified for the Challenge World Championships 2026 in Slovakia in the PTWC (Para-Triathlon-Wheel-Chair) category.
So Simple In The Open Water – So Much More On Dryland Read More »