Trent Grimsey broke the 30-year-old record at the 47th edition of the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli yesterday in Italy. Set by legendary Paul Asmuth in 1982 in 6 hours 35 minutes, Grimsey blazed to a 6 hour 29 minute victory in his first marathon swim from Capri to Napoli. Second-place Edoardo Stochino of Italy was also under the old record with a
Trent Grimsey is stepping up from his dominant position in 1-2 mile ocean swims to the ultimate proving ground, the English Channel. A fast pool swimmer and top professional marathon swimmer has begun to prove himself in colder waters from South Africa to Canada. His road to Cap Gris Nez will take him from his native Australia on a journey of
Argentine marathon swimming great Alfredo Camarero Guzman passed away yesterday. As one of the early pioneers of marathon swimming in Argentina and on the professional marathon swimming circuit in the 1950s, the dashing Camarero leaves a long legacy and inspired many great marathon swimmers during his prolific career. A native of Rosario, he was inducted
Where Are They Now? David Alleva Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dr. David Alleva was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its Class of 1992 as an Honor Swimmer. Dr. Alleva’s six-year professional marathon swimming career started in 1988 with a third place at the 42 km (26-mile) Traversée Internationale du Lac
Certainly channel swims, solo marathon swims and relay marathons are long endurance events, but what are the longest solo, non-wetsuit, competitive open water swims in the world? In addition to the English Channel, North Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, Tsugaru Channel, Cook Strait and Strait of Gibraltar, this is a short list of marathon
In the 36K FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix in Capri-Napoli (Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli), 20 swimmers (12 men and 8 women) from nine countries took to the water where pre-race favorite and long-time marathon veteran Damian Blaum of Argentina demonstrated his dominance winning easily by nearly four minutes.Damian finished in 6 hours 58 minutes 5
A full weekend of FINA professional marathon swimming races are on tap, starting in Portugal on Saturday and ending on Sunday in Italy.Both the Setúbal Bay International Swim Marathon and the Maratona Del Golfo Capri-Napoli will showcase some tough competition.In Setubal Bay in Portugal on Saturday, the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup (Taça do Mundo de
