According to The Billboard Magazine issue of April 25th 1942, Navy swim coach and professor Henry Ortland Jr. addressed the leading swim coaches of the era at the 1942 College Swimming Coaches Association meeting at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts that "the Japanese endurance swimmers were responsible for the reconstruction of the Singapore
Courtesy of WOWSA, Jupiter, Florida. Pablo Fernández Álvarez, 100 km Down The Coast Of Florida Pablo Fernández Álvarez participated in the Great Shark Swim, a planned 100 km charity swim organized by Madswimmer in the Agulhas Current along the KwaZulu Natal Coast in South Africa. Unfortunately, the team and Fernandez' swim was halted after 28.24 km and 9
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the issues that has been an issue of contention among the marathon swimming community is the definition of an assisted swim and an unassisted swim. For many, the difference between an assisted swim and an unassisted swim is a black-and-white issue; the difference is as clear as a night swim and
The issue came up in a local open water swimming competition that a swimmer wanted to use a swim snorkel during the race because of a neck injury. Instead of canceling his participation, the swimmer wanted to swim because he still could still the distance with a swim snorkel. He was ready, he was prepared; he just couldn't turn his neck to
