Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While all eyes were on South Africa’s Chad Ho who was vying for his 8th overall title at the aQuellé Midmar Mile, Russian Kirill Abrosimov caught the media and the elite field by surprise. Abrosimov swam way far right of the leaders along the narrow course and unexpectedly won […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ashley Twichell of the USA successfully defended her title at the aQuellé Midmar Mile. It was her fourth career overall win in the largest competitive open water swimming race in the world (2013, 2014, 2017, 2018). She completely destroyed the elite female field with a fast time of 19:12,

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The male and female winners of today’s aQuellé Midmar Mile in South Africa will be awarded a cash prize, gifts and an all-expenses-paid trip to the 3.8 km Nando’s Royal Life Saving Society Open Water Swim held in Pereybere, Mauritius on April 29. Held in Pereybere, Mauritius, the event

Courtesy of Oliver Halder, © 2018 WoW – World of Wonders Art at the 2018 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere German Open. The 4th Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere German Open 2018 between January 5th – 7th was a great success at a new venue at the Veitsbad in Veitsbronn near Nuremberg. The 50m 7-lane pool is

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Hardened swimmers from Ireland, Sweden, United States, England, New Zealand, Mexico, Moldavia and now India have accomplished the Oceans Seven. While each of the Oceans Seven swimmers have fascinating stories along the way to the Oceans Seven achievement, Rohan Dattatrey More‘s journey may be the most likely and most

Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, WOWSA, South Africa. Brent Szurdoki, representing South Africa and the Waterborn Swimming Club, has enjoyed a great career in the pool, racing at the Commonwealth Games in Australia, the FINA World Swimming Championships in Budapest in 2017, and the 2016 FINA World Short-Course Championships. But today, he had his only second

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The World Swimming Association in partnership with the World Swimming Coaches Association and the American Swimming Coaches Association is building an organization that is athlete-centered, transparent, clean and owned by the participants, coaches and athletes. For US$15 for United States residents and US$5 for non-United States residents, anyone can

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Say 21 miles to a channel swimmer and the English Channel will undoubtedly come to mind. 21 miles is the most renowned stretch of open water swimming in the world. Whether a channel swim is 20.2 miles (Catalina Channel), 26 miles (Molokai Channel), 21 miles (North Channel), 32-34 km

Courtesy of The National, Huntington Beach, California. It is clear that the sport of open water swimming is growing with heated debates over the governance of the sport. Andrew Learmonth reported that SOWSA (Scottish Open Water Swimming Association) lost its battle to manage and control the open water swimming waterways of Scotland. The joint effort