Photos courtesy of Giorgio Scala of Deepbluemedia, Lake Balaton, Hungary. Not since Thomas Lurz of Germany medaled in the 5 km, 5 km team relay, 10 km races and 25 km marathon swim at the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain has anyone won four open water swimming medals at a FINA World Championship. […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Lake Balaton, Hungary. Simon Lamar is an American pool and open water swimmer from FAST (Fullerton Aquatics Sports Team) in Southern California. He will be an incoming freshman at Stanford University this fall, but he has an interesting summer project ahead of him. Last year, he finished third in the boys 16-17

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

Photo courtesy of Giorgio Scala of Deepbluemedia, Lake Balaton, Hungary. Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil was photographed in her yellow Brazilian swim cap typically slow to start in the 5 km race at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Lake Balaton. But the two-time personable Olympian is always fast to finish as she and teammate

Courtesy of WOWSA, California. Tonight’s Reef & Run is canceled due to shark activity reported earlier today in the East Beach/Stearns Wharf vicinity, but there will still be food and drink at East Beach Grill for anyone who wants to come down to the beach to enjoy a beautiful Santa Barbara evening with friends. July

Photo courtesy of Giorgio Scala of Deepbluemedia. If France wins the International Olympic Committee bid for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games as is widely reported and assumed, then France will have a lot to cheer for in the Seine. On the shoulders of gold medalists Marc-Antoine David Aubry and Aurélie Muller in addition to teammates

Courtesy of Ryanair, Santorini Island, Greece. The Santorini Experience won the silver award at Greece’s Sports Marketing Awards 2017. The event is held on Santorini Island from October 6th to 8th. Ryanair is offering 14.99€ fares between Athens and Santorini for bookings until Ju1y 23rd for travel within October. For those wishing to travel to

Courtesy of Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, Catalina Channel, California. Catalina Channel Swimming Federation announced that the Swim Across America David Yudovin Memorial Relay team completed its two-way crossing in 26 hours 44 minutes. Team members Malena Hankins, Rene Martínez Saenz, Carolyn Hollingsworth, Naomi Kent, Brett Cohen and Dan Simonelli swam the second David Yudovin Memorial