Swimming in a pool can be very different than in open water, largely depending on the type of open water; swimming in lakes is not the same as doing so in rivers and larger bodies of water. From tides ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- On a rainy, cold day like today open water swimming is probably the furthest thing from your mind, and the suggestion of jumping into the Chicago River, of all places, even further ...

Ned Hastings, a Tri-Cities native extreme open water swimmer, took his taste for adventure to Bateman Island by swimming ...

Juneau’s Open Water Swim Series continues to be a hit among local swimmers looking for a few more strokes outside their normal pool routines. On Saturday, roughly 15 hearty souls entered the third ...

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A quartet of Olympic veterans, including Moesha Johnson, will lead Australia at the 2026 Open Water World Cup.

No one has dominated men’s open water swimming in the last five years like Germany’s Florian Wellbrock. Since 2019, he’s been selected Swimming World’s male Open Water Swimmer of the Year three times ...

TRAVERSE CITY, MI – Well before the daily throng of tourists hit the beaches, local open-water swimmers hit the water at sunrise to soak up the beauty of Grand Traverse Bay. For Ashlea Walter, ...