Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, Bosphorus, Turkey. Ogeday Girişken is a celebrity in Turkey after winning the TV series Survivor over a 5-month ordeal. His next challenge will be tomorrow’s 6.5 km Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim across the Istanbul Strait. Over 4,500 people applied for one of the 2,200 available spots in the race. Every one […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Diego López is an open water swimmer from the tropical Canary Islands in Spain. As a young, pool swimmer, he competed in the Spanish Nationals (during high school) and in the British Nationals (during college), mainly focusing on the distance pool events including the 200 butterfly, 400 IM and

Photo courtesy of Toni Cirer. Story by Claire Bates, BBC World Service. Three months ago, Xisco Gràcia experienced what he describes as every diver’s worst nightmare – he found himself in an underwater cave, relying on an air pocket for survival. As hours turned into days he realised he might not be found in time…read

Courtesy of Deep Blue Media, Lake Balaton, Hungary. “I have been humbled to stand on the same pool deck alongside French Philippe Lucas,” said Chris Morgan about the most successful coach in the open water swimming events at the 2017 FINA World Championships. “He is able to push his athletes to superhuman performances. He preaches

Courtesy of Phil White, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. Some swimmers are inevitably linked to certain swims: * Lynne Cox, Bering Strait * Bill Welzien, Swim Around Key West * Kevin Murphy, English Channel * Alison Streeter, English Channel * Lucky Meisenheimer, Lake Cane * Mike Arbuthnot, Midmar Mile * Philip Rush, Cook Strait * Steven Hurwitz

Courtesy of Canah along the Danube River, Germany. Romanian Avram Iancu continued 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 29 as each day

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim (or Samsung Boğazıçi Kitalararasi Yarislari or Samsung Boğaziçi Kıtalararası Yüzme Yarışı) is held in the Istanbul Strait that connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara in Turkey. Bosphorus is the world’s most narrow strait used for international navigation. The race enables its participants

Courtesy of WOWSA, Lake Balaton, Hungary. There were 105 open water swimmers from 42 countries (Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, Spain, Estonia, France, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Macedonia, Namibia, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Russia, Senegal, Serbia,

Q&A courtesy of Lexie Kelly. Photo and video courtesy of Deep Blue Media at the WOWSA, Lake Balaton, Hungary. Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands has won the last two major 10 km races – the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2017 FINA World Championships – by the slightest of margins. He discussed his approach to