An independent research report by Tima Vlasto has been published on WOWSA with the permission of WOWSA CEO, Quinn Fitzgerald. The purpose is to present and analyze Diana Nyad’s Cuba to Florida swim in 2013. “Uncertainty around achievements in sport erodes the shared trust of a level playing field. When uncertainty is identified, governing bodies must
Rowdy Gaines talks about announcing of the pool and open water swimming events at the last seven Olympic Games.
Annette Bening will star as Diana Nyad in the feature length film Nyad that depicts her life and crossing of the Florida Straits and is based on her autobiography Find a Way.
Diana Nyad and Bonnie Stoll explain the planning and preparations and training behind her Cuba-to-Florida solo swim of 52 hours 54 minutes
Old-School Canadian Professional Race Posters Courtesy of Daniel Vizeu Costa Couto. Le Marathon du Saguenay was a 45 km professional marathon swim held on the Saguenay River from Chicoutimi to Bagotville in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. The event was sanctioned by the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation in the 1960s
In 1975 in Swimming World Magazine, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Dennis Matuch wrote a commentary about the prize money offered to athletes on the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation.
Sandra Bucha Talks About Seeking Opportunities On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Sandra Bucha, Esq. spoke about her incredible career - in the pool, in the open water, and in the court system in the state of Illinois - on
Swimming In Sharky Waters Courtesy of WOWSA, Magnetic Island, Australia. Shelley Taylor-Smith swam 90 km from 90 km , Australia partly in a shark cage in January 1995 (see the dramatic footage here). She said, "I don't think I'm the one that broke the record. I think the whole crew did it today. I had such wonderful people out there. That just kept me
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WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.
The Greatest Englishman, a movie about Captain Matthew Webb
Mao Zedong's 1966 swim in the Yangtze River
Lewis Pugh's swim across the North Pole
WOWSA, Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, China.
Of all the swims in the world - races, solo swims, adventures - which has most
Diana Nyad, Off-Broadway And Soon On Audible Courtesy of Audible, Minetta Lane Theatre - New York. Many open water swimmers are on social media, sharing their story and achievements on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. Some open water swimmers appear on television in talk shows and news programs and others are the subject of documentary films.
