Swimming Through Morning, Afternoon And Night
Courtesy of Ben Barham, Lake Geneva Swimming Association, Switzerland. While many thousands of people throughout history have walked, run, jogged, hiked, biked and journeyed for 24 hours straight on land, there has only been a few more than 100 people – ever – who have completed a non-stop swim in an open body of water for a minimum of 24 hours.
With Jaimie Monahan now in her 29th hour in her 69 km attempt across Lake Geneva, it looks like she may join the 24-hour Club soon.
The Lake Geneva Swimming Association is observing and tracking Monahan’s solo swim here. The versatile swimmer has completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming as well as participated in numerous ice swimming events throughout her prolific career (see her).
The result of her crossing is here.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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