Nearly 200 people, including an Olympic qualifier and English Channel swimmers, are expected to compete in the seventh annual mile-long Wilmette Open Water Swim at Gillson Beach on June 14, according ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Following a recent open-water swim in the once-polluted Chicago River, the question was raised whether Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River could host a similar event, and if anybody was ...

In a study well timed for its summer publication (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), scientists reviewed research related to open-water swimming (Overbury et al. 2023). It will come as little ...

World Aquatics has launched, for the first time ever, its Open Water Swimming World Ranking system, creating new and exciting opportunities for athletes and National Federations, it announced on ...

Hundreds of athletes ranging in age from 8 to 80-plus raced in the La Jolla Cove Swim on Sunday morning, taking part in the country’s second-oldest open-water swim. They swam past spectating sea lions ...

Before hundreds of swimmers are set to jump into the Chicago River in September, organizers and advocates say they are taking a “victory lap” of their own. To address safety, organizers said they will ...

SINGAPORE (AP) — Open water swimming at the World Championships is set to start a day late following two delays in Singapore because of “water quality levels exceeding acceptable thresholds.” World ...

For the first time in nearly a century, swimmers took to the open water of the Chicago River on Sunday. Participants in the Chicago River Swim made their way along a one- or two-mile route downtown.

The psychological case for open-water swimming (Overbury et al. 2023)—and being in nature in general—is getting stronger and stronger. It will come as little surprise to anyone familiar with the body ...

Sep. 13—There's swimming, and then there's swimming. Lodi High sophomore Nolan Butler competes for the Lodi High swim team and California Gold club swim team, but recently the 15-year-old has dived ...