The venerable American sports magazine Sports Illustrated has pegged him to win the bronze medal on Friday's Olympic marathon swim in the Serpentine. And many people around the world are pulling for America's Alex Meyer, the former roommate and good friend of Fran Crippen. "What a comeback story this would be, if he wins a medal: a Harvard intellectual
As Penny Palfrey enjoys the second day of her 103-mile (166 km) ultra marathon swim from Cuba to Florida, she is being touted by some of her peers in the marathon swimming world as the world's greatest marathon swimmer. Her track record as a solo swimmer is one of the greatest in history and there is no doubt she is the most prolific ultra marathon swimmer
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in the English Channel swimming history in 1985, Suzanne Heim-Bowen did a 10 hour 11 minute crossing. 17 people successfully crossed the English Channel that year including some speedy crossings by Philip Rush who did a two-way crossing in 17 hours 56 minutes, Paul Asmuth who did two separate crossings
The 100-year anniversary of the first circumnavigation of Manhattan Island will take place in a special event 2015 hosted by the NYC Swim. Several superstars of the sport are scheduled to swim. The stars include Manhattan Island record holders Ollie Wilkinson, Rondi Davies, Shelley Taylor-Smith, Elizabeth Fry, Kris Rutford, and Diana Nyad. Event director
There are a number of colorful champions, powerful personalities and charismatic characters in the open water swimming world. Some of them are known to the media by their nicknames; others are simply known among their friends and family. Catalinator: Hank Wise (shown on left) is one of the fastest men to ever complete a solo crossing of the Catalina
The Daily Mail reported that Olympic 10km Marathon Swim gold medal favorite Keri-Anne Payne has generated income of £500,000 from her sponsors, Links of London, British Gas, Speedo, Max Factor and Oral-B. With her bright smile, it is no wonder Oral-B is one of her sponsors. With British Gas' support of British Swimming, it makes sense that British Gas and
30 years ago, Paul Asmuth ruled the professional marathon swimming world and the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim was a year away from starting in its modern-day format. Shelley Taylor-Smith had yet to enter the open water and Penny Dean still held both the English Channel (7:40) and Catalina Channel (7:15) records. The King of the Channel reigned with 22
The Washington Post ran an interesting article about the training - or lack thereof - by Michael Phelps and how USA Swimming's Olympic coaches are reinventing the sport for their older elite stars.Amy Shipley of the Washington Post wrote that "as swimmers continue their professional careers well beyond college, the older generation is unable or unwilling to
Simon Murie, founder of SwimTrek teamed up with Gary Emich, known as Mr. Alcatraz, down south in the tropically warm waters of Baja California for a new SwimTrek in Mexico."Based in the tranquil and stunning Sea of Cortez off Baja's eastern coast, this trip is bound to be one of our most popular.""Each day, we swim underneath rocky cliffs, past beautiful
Two-time FINA World Masters champion Gerry Rodrigues will start up the Tower 26 open water workouts again on Friday in Santa Monica Beach in Southern California."The water has warmed a bit (63-64°F)and we are ready to start at 6 am sharp," announced Gerry. "These are tough and targeted workouts geared for massive improvements in small surf (1-2 feet) at
