Courtesy of Oliver Halder, Bodenseequerung, Germany. Sven Eckardt is a 47-year-old German swimmer from Gärtringen whose nickname is Dr. Svimmm. After years of success in pool swimming as a disabled swimmer, the handicapped paraplegic with cerebral paralysis on his legs wants to achieve a lifelong dream. He will attempt a 12 km widthwise 12 km

Courtesy of Track.RS, North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. Epic is often used in channel swims and marathon swims. Sometimes, the epicity is measured in how fast a swimmer crosses a channel (e.g., Trent Grimsey across the English Channel), how early a swimmer crosses a channel (e.g., Keo Nakama across the Molokai Channel in

Courtesy of WOWSA, Boston Light Swim, Massachusetts. Race director Greg O’Connor said the conditions were great – and everything came together for 57-year-old Bill Shipp who finished in a fast 2 hours 49 minutes in the annual 8-mile Boston Light Swim over some stiff competition. Katelyn Kidney won the women’s division in 3 hours 6

Courtesy of Adam Skolnick, New York Times. Adam Skolnick wrote a comprehensive article on Antonio Argüelles and his achievement of the Oceans Seven here (In a Swimmer’s Two-Year Quest, a Final 21-Mile Challenge). In the article, Argüelles talked about how long he has been after his athletic goals. “Three times in my life,” he told

Courtesy of Canah along the Danube River, Germany. Romanian Avram Iancu continues on his scheduled 60-day stage swim of 2,860 km along the Danube River through Europe. The 41-year-old librarian from Petrosani, Transylvania started his stage swim from Donaueschingen in the Black Forest in Germany. He is now heading into Day 42 as each day

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On July 28th and 29th, the inaugural 57-mile 40 Bridges – Double Manhattan Island Swim was hosted New York Open Water. The 91.6 km race is the world’s longest one-day, non-stop open water swimming competition. The new event starts and finishes at Pier A and circles Manhattan Island twice

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Granddaddy of Open Water Swims, as the 8-mile Boston Light Swim is called, will feature personality galore among the swimmers as 7 teams and 23 swimmers take to the cold-water course. The charismatic Ned Denison from Cork, Ireland and the gregarious Scott Zornig from Coto da Casa, California

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sally Anne Minty-Gravett, M.B.E. continues to receive honors for her remarkably consistent channel swimming career. Her first award was as an 18-year-old teenager when she won the 1975 Centenary Cup Award from the Channel Swimming Association for being the Fastest Swim of the Year by a British Person across