Courtesy of Ioannis Kifonidis, Toroneos Gulf, Greece. A Greek motion picture inspired by the 26 km International Swimming Marathon of Toroneos Gulf (ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΚΟΛΥΜΒΗΤΙΚΟΣ ΔΙΑΠΛΟΥΣ ΤΟΡΩΝΑΙΟΥ ΚΟΛΠΟΥ) will be filmed in Chalkidiki [birthplace of Aristotle], northern Greece in 2019. Experienced marathon swimmers and open water swimmers from Greece and other countries will act as the […]

Photo of Julie Ridge by Ron Modra for Sports Illustrated, Manhattan Island, New York. When Jaimie Monahan, Courtney Moates Paulk, Michele Walters, Gilles Chalandon, Steve Gruenwald and Mo Siegel set off for a double circumnavigation of Manhattan Island and completed their 91.6 km (57-mile) non-stop swim between July 28th and 29th at the inaugural 40

Courtesy of Troy Pusateri, Isle of Palms, South Carolina. SEALKIDS SwimJam is a 5 km open water swim on the Isle of Palms near Charleston, South Carolina. The charity event offers competition, food, auctions, giveaways, and live music with an after-party at the Windjammer beach club. All entry fees and ticket proceeds directly benefit the

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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On her third attempt in an inter-island swim, Spain’s Margarita Tita Llorens Bagur finally swam 84 km (52.3 miles) from Ibiza to Mallorca (Cruce Canal Ibiza-Mallorca) in 28 hours 13 minutes in 2015. History may repeat itself for the president of the Menorca Channel Swimming Association. In 2016, she

Courtesy of Phil White, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. On July 29th, the Ninth Annual Kingdom Swim was held on Lake Memphremagog in Vermont that drew athletes from 25 American states, two Canadian provinces, and Argentina. The swimmers ranged in ages from 10 to 74, but the star of the event was 34-year-old Sandra Frimerman-Berquist who set

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 36 as each day

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Josh Heynes, a clinical cardiac exercise physiologist, is a busy man today and tonight. As the founder of the Lake Erie Open Water Swimming Association, he is overseeing three swimmers who are attempting a 24.3-mile (39.1 km) swim across Lake Erie between Long Point, Ontario, Canada and North East

Photo of Guy Cohen and his children Noa and Matan, courtesy of Judah S. Harris. When David Barra and Rondi Davies started to organize New York Open Water events, they had a vision that was soon realized. Later joined by Alex Arévalo, the trio started to attract many accomplished endurance athletes to the waterways of