Russian Vladimir Nefatov one of the bilingual swimmers of the Bering Strait Swim. He also served as the one of the starters in the 6-day, 121-person relay expedition that was nominated for the 2013 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. "He was one of the toughest guys out there," recalls teammate Nuala Moore. With a huge smile and twinkle
With the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games only 80 days away, snow, skiing and skating are starting to formulate in the minds of sports fans around the world. Cold and competition will come to a head in Sochi next February. As as the Olympic torch relay is carried on its way to Sochi, famed ice swimmer Alexander Brylin of Russia is lending his considerable
When the World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year nominees were considered, individuals with exceptionally inspirational exploits, histories and lifestyles were selected. These individuals best embody the spirit of open water swimming, possess the sense of adventure, tenacity and perseverance that open water swimmers are known for, and have positively
The WOWSA Awards, sponsored by the World Open Water Swimming Association, is an annual recognition of the world's best open water swimmers, coaches, crew members, pilots, writers, associations, services and products in four different categories. The nominees for the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year are always an heroic and amazing group of
Under the leadership of Chief Organiser Oleg Dokuchaev together with Nikolay Khitrik, Lurii Melnikov, Sergei Chernukhin, Dmitrii Timofeev and Doctors Nataliya Fatyanova, Irina Zhidkova and Carlos Eduardo Reges, the 66 swimmers on the Bering Strait Swim were well-attended to. The staff and equipment of the mother ship used in 53-mile (86 km) stage relay was
Alexander Golubkin was a brave boy among an intrepid group of adventurers from around the world during the unprecedented Bering Strait Swim relay, a 53-mile (86 km) relay crossing from Cape Dezhnev in Chukotka, Russia, to Cape Prince of Wales in the state of Alaska, USA. With his father and fellow ice swimmer Alexei Golubkin at his side, the duo from
The team members of the unprecedented, 6-day Bering Strait Swim relay, a 6-day 53-mile (86 km) stage relay crossing from Cape Dezhnev in Chukotka, Russia, to Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska, USA started at 4:24 p.m. on August 5th and finished at 4:52 p.m. on August 11th. The swimmers who swam in the 2-10°C waters came from Russia, Ireland, South Africa,
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Yrjö-Koskinen Mariia of Finland loves the cold water; the colder, the better. The whiter the conditions are, the wider her smile becomes. "You feel so wonderful in the water and even better when you get out with all the endorphins," explains the chairperson of the International Winter Swimming Association
Anna Marie Ward and Nuala Moore showed off their Bering Time watches at the 2013 Global Open Water Swimming Conference. Veterans of the Bering Strait Swim, they made an eye-opening, mindset-shattering, dramatically stunning presentation of their 5-day exploit from Russia to Alaska. They described how they put their faith in the Russian military personnel
Jack Bright explains the history and his perspective of the incredible Bering Strait Swim in his own words: After what seems like an eternity we finally landed at the native village of Wales, the most western point of the United States of America after we started swimming from Cape Dezhnev, the most eastern point of Russia. The swim took 6 days and the
