Category: Open Water
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Paris Officials Are Confident Water Quality Will Improve To Let Olympians Swim In The Seine | WGN News
The swimming portion of a practice run for the Olympic triathlon was canceled Sunday because of concerns about water quality in the Seine River, but Paris officials said they’re confident that triathletes will be able to swim in the city’s famed waterway during the actual events this coming week.
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Swimming For A Cause At 32nd Annual Swim Across America Event | PIX11 News
Swimmers took to the waters in Larchmont, New York to help raise money for cancer research. Many swam in the name of their family members.
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Shannon Titzel, Jordan Iverson First Women On Record To Swim Across Cook Inlet | Alaska’s News Source
Shannon Titzel, Jordan Iverson first women on record to swim across Cook Inlet
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Man To Attempt Again To Swim Alone Across Lake Michigan | CBS Chicago
Jim “The Shark” Dreyer became the first person to swim Lake Michigan between two states in 1998. This year, his attempt will be longer.
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How Do You Swim Fast In The Pool And In The Open Water? | Global Triathlon Network
In this edition of GTN Coach’s Corner, open water swimming is the main theme with Mark and James answering the main question of how best to reflect pool swim gains in the open water!
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What Causes Swimmer’s Itch? | WCCO – CBS Minnesota
It’s a common condition that happens most often in the summer. Swimmer’s Itch is more often found in freshwater, and we have a lot of that here in the land of 10,000 lakes. What causes swimmer’s itch? Good Question. Kirsten Mitchell found out how to treat it and how to avoid it in the first…
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Is The Paris Olympic Swim Actually Happening Now?! | Global Triathlon Network
Also – Mark discusses the huge amount of new tech we’ve seen ahead of the Olympics including some special tri suits for the team GB athletes! Lionel sanders has just punched his ticket for the world championship too, and apparently, 200 doping tests have also arrived for one Olympic team…
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More Than 11,000 People Took Part In Swimming Competition Across Lake Balaton, Hungary | Euronews
Imre Barabás and Máté Hartmann were announced winners having completed the swim in a tie- 1 hour, 1 minute, 54 seconds. Read Euronews
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200 Swimmers Join Long-Distance Swimming Race In Taiwan Strait | France 24 English
This Sunday two hundred swimmers from across China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau are taking part in a unique event – swimming from Taiwan’s offshore island of Kinmen to China. But despite the festive and unifying atmosphere, the Island is a potential flash point for a military escalation between Tapei and Beijing, which claims sovereignty…