Courtesy of Lucas Rivet, Río de la Plata, Argentina. As an aquatic celebration of the international Women’s Day, Pilar Geijo will attempt a 42.2 km crossing of the Río de la Plata from Colonia Del Sacramento in Uruguay to Punta Lara in Argentina on March 8th. The recent International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer will

Courtesy of The Athlete Village, Long Beach, California. One of the most fascinating races that we had the privilege of watching over the years was the 2010 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games rowing basin located in Long Beach, California. It was the subject of the first

Courtesy of WOWSA, Tampa Bay, Florida. When in need of an escort boat for an open water swim, it is often quite easy to find experienced skippers and the boats all over Florida. Copyright © 2008-2018 by World Open Water Swimming Association

Graph courtesy of Atsunori Matsui of Naruto University of Education that shows how the number of drowning deaths is irreversibly correlated to the increasing percentage of schools with swimming pools in Japan. When a disaster hits a city of a country, sometimes politicians and residents are deeply moved and sufficiently motivated to make fundamental changes

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Mark Warkentin gave everything he had to finish second in the 25 km world championships in 2008 only a few days after qualifying for the 2008 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the FINA Open Water Swimming Championships and 2008 Olympic qualification race in Seville, Spain. He came out of