In 2022 Robin Lang attempted to swim the English Channel and swam for 13½ hours and 27 miles, mostly at night and sometimes during thunderstorms.

This was the case in 2024, when the swim was cancelled mid-way after weather conditions deteriorated, causing thousands of swimmers to immediately pull out of the race. Several swimmers were rescued ...

As thousands of people prepare to tackle Western Australia's iconic Rottnest Island Swim, rough weather is threatening to grind it to a halt just 48 hours before it begins.

Rottnest Channel Swim Association (RCSA) organisers have released an update in the lead-up to the event saying they are “closely monitoring the weather fblackst”. Individual skippers of the boats used ...

When Marian Cardwell ’11 learned that she would spend her year as an English teaching assistant in Lille, France, she began dreaming of a swim—a very long swim. Lille is near the English Channel, a ...

The watch worn by the first British woman to swim the English Channel on an unsuccessful subsequent crossing is expected to sell for over £900,000. Mercedes Gleitze wore the Rolex Oyster on an attempt ...

For a middle-aged guy with a wife, four children, a full time job, six chickens, two dogs and a rabbit, Jake Dolce of Rye Brook manages to spend a lot of time swimming. His love of the sport is a ...

CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. — Early Labor Day morning, Lynn Rasmussen and her group — The Faux Fur-sters — shed their warm, namesake coats to reveal wetsuits. They approached the open door of Columbia Gorge ...

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WDTN) — A Yellow Springs woman has made history becoming only the second woman in Ohio to ever complete a solo English Channel swim. Yellow Springs native Amy Wamsley has ...

The Nevis to St. Kitts Cross Channel Swim returns on March 28, 2026, uniting elite and amateur swimmers for one of the Caribbean's most iconic open-water challenges--now with Olympic trailblazer Alice ...