Courtesy of FINA Masters World Championships, Balatonfüred, Hungary. The masters swimmers will compete in a 3 km one loop competition between August 10th-12th Balatonfüred, Hungary at the 17th FINA Masters World Championships. Those athletes 55 years and over will compete on Thursday. Those 40-54 years old will compete on Friday. Those ages 25-39 will compete

Wind Speed in Knots during Sarah Thomas’ Century Swim over 50 hours of non-stop swimming Water Temperature in °C on Sarah Thomas’ Century Swim over 50 hours of non-stop swimming Swimming Speed in km/hour on Sarah Thomas’ Century Swim over 50 hours of non-stop swimming Courtesy of TRACK.RS, Marathon Swimmers Federation, Lake Champlain. One of

Courtesy of Hanif Ullah Akash Netrakona for the Dhaka Tribune, Kangha River, Bangladesh. Khitindra Chandra Baishya is a 66-year-old open water swimmer with a long history of ultra marathon swims. After retiring in 2012, he wanted to achieve one last distance swim in his native Bangladesh. Last weekend, he realized his goal. He swam 146

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Classic 12 is a 12 km marathon swim in Lac Léman from Lausanne to Évian-les-Bains on August 26th. It is a cross border swim, organized by the Lake Geneva Swimming Association, that traverses the Swiss border into France. For more information, contact Ben Barham via email at secretary@

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Photos and videos emerging from Lake Champlain in New York [see here] show periods of glassy, tranquil waters intermixed with slightly more turbulent conditions on Day 1 for Sarah Thomas‘ unprecedented 104.6-mile (168.3 km) course on an island loop route. While the conditions appear between acceptable to ideal for

Courtesy of WOWSA, English Channel. Chloë McCardel is undergoing her final preparations for an unprecedented four-way crossing of the English Channel (history’s first solo quadruple Channel crossing). If there is anyone who could do it in the contemporary swimming world, it is the 32-year-old McCardel who already has a career total of 21 English Channel

Courtesy of Elaine Howley, Lake Champlain, New York-Vermont. A few days after Caroline Block attempted a two-way crossing of the North Channel, fighting gallantly for 28 hours 55 minutes, and the same day that Chloë McCardel announced her four-way 136 km English Channel crossing between August 29th and September 2nd, Sarah Thomas walked into calm

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Chloë McCardel is about to attempt the unthinkable. She has done one-way crossings of the English Channel. She has done two-way crossings of the English Channel. She has done a three-way crossing of the English Channel. And now she will attempt a four-way crossing. A successful non-stop four-way crossing