Category: Open Water
-
Nigerian Coach Using Swimming to Raise Mental Health Awareness | VOA Africa
Nigerian swimmer Samuel Akinrodoye has tried to raise awareness of mental health issues in Africa’s most populous nation, swimming nearly 12 km — the length of the longest bridge in Lagos where many people have jumped to their deaths. Alice Rizzo of Reuters has more details.
-
Chicago River Swim Returning After Nearly a Century | ABC 7 Chicago
The city will host an open water swim in the Chicago River for the first time in nearly 100 years. The river has been swimming safe for 13 years. See ABC 7 Chicago
-
Fitness Technology Company FORM Launches Next Generation Smart Swim Goggles, Accelerating Augmented Reality Adoption in Endurance Sport
FORM Smart Swim 2 features integrated heart rate and innovative SwimStraight™ digital compass for open water navigation, available now worldwide Vancouver, BC, April 2, 2024 – FORM, the industry-leading fitness technology company pioneering real-time visual feedback to elevate athletic performance, is excited to announce the launch of its highly anticipated second-generation augmented reality swim goggles,…
-
Dean Summers Becomes First Man to Swim From Newcastle to Sydney | Sky News Australia
A 64-year-old Australian man has broken a major record, becoming the first man to swim from Newcastle to Sydney unassisted. Long-distance swimmer Dean Summers completed the 95km swim in 31 hours. “I’ve recovered well because I trained well,” Mr Summers told Sky News Australia. “It’s just been a really successful endeavour. “I’m really happy with…
-
Cancer Survivor Helping Raise Money for Cancer Awareness by Swimming to Alcatraz | KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA
Loureen Ayyoub reports on what a cancer survivor is doing to help raise money for other cancer survivors.
-
Why I Am Swimming The Whole 11.8km 3MB Water – Swimming Academy CEO | Channels Television
Why I Am Swimming The Whole 11.8km 3MB Water – Swimming Academy CEO
-
Florence Chadwick “American Swimmer Crosses the English Channel” on the Ed Sullivan Show
Florence Chadwick “American Swimmer Crosses The English Channel” on The Ed Sullivan Show, August 27, 1950.
-
Lake Windermere – Why Swimmer Health Could Be at Risk in World Heritage Waters | Channel 4 News
It’s England’s largest natural lake and a world heritage site, with bathing waters classed as ‘excellent’ by the Environment Agency.
-
Gertrude Ederle – First Woman to Swim the English Channel, National Heroine | Unpacking The Problem
Daniel tells us about how when Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel she instantly became a national hero. When she arrived home to the United States she was met with an enormous ticker-tape parade through downtown New York City. He also explains how Diana Nyad claimed that her swim from…