Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Benoît Lecomte undertakes The Longest Swim from Tokyo to San Francisco later this year, he is going to embark on the longest time in the water of any human in history over the 6-month period of the ordeal. Lecomte summarized his training, "[It involves] many years of preparation. It is more than just
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Tokyo metropolitan government will open a swimming beach at Kasai Rinkai Park (葛西臨海公園) this weekend - for the first time in 50 years - as a pilot program to see if there is demand for a beach in central Tokyo, a megalopolis of nearly 32 million people. Since the 1960s, there had been a significant
Photos and video courtesy of the Japan Meteorological Agency. The Japanese Coast Guard is documenting the growth of a small, but growing, volcanic island of Nishinoshima, 1000 km south of Tokyo. Daily eruptions, now occurring 5-6 times per minute, on the volcano continues to add increasing size to the island located 1000 km south of Tokyo.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. "So far, so good." That is the general global consensus of how the world's sporting community and the International Olympic Committee views the two successful Olympic 10K Marathon Swims to date. After two flat-water loop courses at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games (Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park) and
After The Olympics In Rio, 10K Will Be In Tokyo Bay Courtesy of WOWSA, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. The first Olympic open water swimming debuted in a rowing basin in Beijing, then the aquatic discipline was showcased in the equally calm Serpentine in London. Next the 10 km marathon swim will be held in potentially rough water in Copacabana Beach
Olympic 10km Marathon Swim in 2020 Summer Games Courtesy of WOWSA, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. News from Japan keeps on coming in recent weeks. In a beautiful artistic display, more than 30,000 lanterns lit up Tokyo Bay this week in a creative bid for Tokyo to be selected as the site of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Odaiba Marine Park within
