Sharon van Rouwendaal, the only person to win two Olympic open-water swimming gold medals, announced her retirement in a 16-page, three-language social media post. "The truth is: elite sport requires ...

Florian Wellbrock and Moesha Johnson have been named Swimming World's Open Water Swimmers of the Year for 2025.

Short course: A term used to describe a pool in which one length measures 25 meters (or 25 yards). Most college pools are short courses, and most events during the winter are held at short-course ...

SINGAPORE — Open water competition at the World Swimming Championships went off Wednesday after two postponements because of water-quality problems at Sentosa, the island area on the coast. Florian ...

Live Streaming Coverage of Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Open Water Swimming, and Artistic Swimming from Singapore Presented July 11-Aug. 3, Exclusively on Peacock U.S. Women’s and Men’s Water Polo ...

An Olympic open water swimmer has become the first person to swim across the largest lakes in England, Wales, and Scotland in under 24 hours, to raise money and awareness for the ongoing pollution ...

Open-water swimming, though an Olympic event since 2008, has never been safe. In light of the Olympics returning to the United States for the first time in over three decades, USA Swimming has the ...

Maroon 5's "Maps" is blaring from nearby speakers as Jordan Wilimovsky sits at a poolside table at the Santa Monica Swim Center, a water aerobics class in session behind him. But the Team Santa Monica ...

Swapping from the controlled environment of a swimming pool to unpredictable open water challenges all kinds of swimmers. Two of the most crucial skills to master for a safe and efficient open water ...

SINGAPORE (AP) — Open water swimming at the World Championships is set to start a day late following two delays in Singapore because of “water quality levels exceeding acceptable thresholds.” World ...