Marcin Szarpak lost his 500m world record on the first day of the
IISA 5th World Championship
in Samoëns, France, but he more than made up for his bronze-medal 500m freestyle with an absolutely brilliant Ice Kilometer.
The 21-year-old ice swimming distance specialist completely rewrote the 1000m freestyle with a 11:31.53 time,
Radostin Krastev of Bulgaria set a world record in winning the 500m freestyle at the IISA 5th World Championships in Samoëns, France.
Dario Verani won his first FINA World Championship title in the 25 km marathon race this morning in Lake Lupa, Hungary
Brennan Gravley switches places at the top of the podium with Axel Reymond as he wins the 5 km national championship on Sunday, after losing to Reymond in the 10 km on Friday.
Axel Reymond won the USA Swimming national 10 km open water swimming championships over the two Gravley brothers.
The 2021 FINA Ultramarathon Swim Series had 50% of its competitions cancelled due to the COVID pandemic. The 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Canada and the 15 km Maratón Acuática Internactional Ciudad de Rosario were cancelled, while the 25km
Ohrid Lake Swim Marathon in Macedonia and the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in
Kristóf Rasovszky of Hungary won the 2021 FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series over France's Marc-Antoine Olivier in a close season-long battle. Olivier was disqualified relatively early in the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series Grand Finale with a red card in Abu Dhabi, UAE while Rasovszky finished third to lock up the World Series title. Rasovszky
Axel Reymond won his third Lake Ohrid FINA UltraMarathon Swim in Macedonia this weekend.
Axel Reymond Shines At The 2020 French IISA Championships Courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association, Lac des Bois aux Dames, Samoens, France. The French IISA Championships were held on February 28th – 29th at Lac des Bois aux Dames in Samoens in 4.70°C water under the leadership of Jacques Tuset, Dr. Alexandre Fuzeau, and Florian Lucas. Axel
Courtesy of FINA, Yeosu Expo Ocean Park, Gwangju, South Korea. Courtesy of Intérieur Sport, France. Axel Reymond Sprints To His Second World Title The 25 km race among the men in the 2019 FINA World Championships was a race among veterans in chop and rain, but Frenchman Axel Reymond sprinted to victory over Russian Kirill Belyaev - by a mere 0.3 seconds
