The Fran Crippen Story With Sid Cassidy And Bonnie Ford Sponsored by Stories With Sid Cassidy. Sid Cassidy tells stories - funny stories, inspirational stories, untold stories as a great storyteller on his program Stories With Sid Cassidy. The Delaware native started his open water swimming career in Ocean City in New Jersey back in the 1960s and his
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We do not believe Lynne Cox. That statement in itself is sacrilegious. Statements by one of the greatest swimmers - and certainly the most eloquent aquatic adventurers - of this generation and arguably of any generation - are taken at face value. That is, what she says and writes is 100% true and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Many mainstream reporters write about the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim where subject experts claim that "99% of athletes will be ill" as a result of the poor water conditions in Copacabana Beach during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. These reporters and commentators predict all kinds of problems with the marathon
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Of all the American reporters who have written about the bay and ocean waters of Rio de Janeiro, only Bonnie Ford has taken the time and effort to visit Rio herself and investigate the situation. Her article is published here on ESPN. We visited Copacabana Beach with Ford and the investigative crew from
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Honor and respect are necessary in our ever-interconnected world. Open water swimmers honor those individuals who have gone before them and respect the bodies of water they swim in. But safety and symbolism are even more important in the open water swimming world. Safety goes without question in open
"Most triathletes are under-prepared for their triathlon open water swim segment," wrote Gerry Rodrigues in an interview with ESPN. "Introduce the extreme element of super cold water, coupled with their anxiety from a crowded field race environment, lack of prep, fast race start without warm-up, a tight wetsuit and a predisposed health condition, the formula
Only 12 days after freakishly fracturing her tibia plateau and fibula in her leg in the final sprint of the Queen of the Sea pro race in Rio de Janeiro, Christine Jennings was back in the water. Told that she couldn't get in the water for three weeks, Christine is quickly willing herself back to an accelerated rehabilitation from her broken leg and ligament
