Courtesy of Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda, Coronda River, Argentina. Fausto Brondo from Paraná, Argentina won the Selectivo on November 25th 2017 to qualified for the 57 Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda. “Since last year, I wanted to compete in Santa Fe – Coronda. [But] there was no possibility of entering […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Just before being inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in England as an Honor Swimmer in the Class of 208, Pilar Geijo will hold a bilingual (English + Spanish) Open Water Swimming Intensive Clinic in Colonia Sant Jordi on the Spanish island of Mallorca between March

Courtesy of Doctors Jane Saycell, Mitch Lomax, Heather Massey, and Mike Tipton of the Department of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Portsmouth at the 2016 FINA Sports Medicine Congress. A comprehensive study of swimmers’ physiological reactions and their own perceptions to swimming in water colder than 20°C was conducted by Dr. Jane Saycell, Dr.

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimming has all kinds of types of start, depending on the event and location. Starts can be in-the-water, on the beach, from a dive on a floating pontoon, a run down the beach, from a pier or a boat. Copyright © 2008-2018 by World Open Water Swimming

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On the forearm of Brazilian coach Ricardo Cintra, there is a unique tattoo. The tattoo celebrates the 3-time participation in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim by his wife and Olympic bronze medalist Poliana Okimoto, the only athlete to have qualified for all three 10 km

Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Leme to Pontal Swimming Association, Brazil. On January 11th, Edgar Adalberto Coelho set off on his second attempt of the 35 km Travessia do Leme ao Pontal along the coast of Rio de Janeiro. In December 2017, Coelho made his first attempt of the course, but he did not finish