“ Daniil Serebrennikov and Nadine Pastor of German upset their more famous elite competitors in the 1-mile British Gas Great North Swim yesterday under sunny skies and in 17°C water in Lake Windermere this weekend. Olympian and race commentator Steve Parry reports, ‘The elite races demonstrated the importance of tactics for both the men’s [...]

“Take a look back at some of the great moments in open water swimming. Open water swimming guru Steve Munatones has assembled a list of over 30 people, places, and…”

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Saturday 29 August 2009 – Strathclyde Country Park

The Great Scottish Swim looks set to make waves this August when the exciting one mile open water challenge comes to North Lanarkshire. Entries are now open at www.greatswim.org.

The swim is the latest event to be announced as part of Great Swim – a new series of one [...]

Concerned dads, protecting swimmers, scour the sea for hazards after swimming in the Channel (and two large cod & chips!)

The first May weekend is traditionally the start of the Channel swimming season and Clissold’s own Channel swimmers went down to remind themselves how it all feels. The weather was great and the water was [...]

“A 56-year-old American athlete has become the first woman on record to swim the Atlantic.

Jennifer Figge took 24 days to swim from the Cape Verde islands off Africa to Trinidad. The exact distance she covered has yet to be calculated.” (update – about 250 miles! – some people are already calling it the great Atlantic [...]