The Daily News Of Open Water Swimming

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There is a certain amount of misinformation and myths reported in the media and widely believed by parents, coaches and athletes in the open water swimming world. Occasionally, it is difficult for the newcomer to distill fact from fiction, reality from rumor, especially if they do not ask the […]

Courtesy of Bruckner Chase, Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alex Meyer, And Lydsy Heister Both the American Meyer and Dutch Heister won the 25 km race at the 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in Roberval, Canada. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Evgeny Bezruchenko: You have done this race since the very beginning. Has the race become easier? How the race become faster? What was the hardest year? Why? Keri-Anne Payne: How was your overall experience in Rio? Can you describe the Olympic 10K race? Are you planning to compete in

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Toronto Island Lake Swim is a multi-distance open water swimming competition in Toronto, Canada. It has events of 750m, 1.5 km and 3.8 km in distance and is part of the Canadian Open Water Swim Series and the Canaqua Sports Open Water Swim Series. Over 55,000 have watched

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sal M-G Cc: “Leonie – Direct Input .” , Julien Morel , “editor@bailiwickexpress.com” , sport , Channel 103 News , BBC Jersey , BBC Radio Jersey , “channelnews@itv.com” , Lex Wood , Ben Cooke , “Steve Munatones (OWS)” , Nigel Mann , Elevate , Elevate Physio , Garry Bell

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When watching the Olympic finalists on Copacabana Beach during the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim, these will be the swimmers’ race numbers: 1. Jordan Wilimovsky, USA 2. Ferry Weertman, NED 3. Spyridon Gianniotis, GRE 4. Sean Ryan, USA 5. Jack Burnell, GBR 6. Marc-Antoine Daniel Frede Olivier, FRA 7. Simone

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. BBC BREAKFAST’S LOUISE TO DOUBLE UP AT SWIM SERPENTINE BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin is so excited to be taking part in the first ever Swim Serpentine she has decided to swim twice! Experienced swimmer Louise will take part in the one-mile mass-participation swim on Saturday 24 September and