Next month, 500 swimmers will take off on a one- or two-mile swim in open water for the Chicago River Swim. It is a test of endurance and strength, and so was the years-in-the-making effort to get the ...

Participants in the annual Great Ohio River Swim in 2022. The annual Great Ohio River Swim is scheduled for this Sunday, with up to 250 people expected to swim from the Cincinnati bank to Kentucky and ...

PARIS — People have been living along the Seine for more than 3,000 years and they’ve been dumping trash, human waste and whatever else they want to get rid of into the river for much of that time.

Marathon swimmers are battling the current each other and whatever else happens to be. In the end, Paris organizers were counting on this venue to provide spectacular iconic images and it did not ...

Chuck Beatty, event director of the annual Brogan Open Water Classic that features swim races in Lake Erie off Edgewater Beach, said holding an open swim in the Cuyahoga has crossed his mind on ...

After concerns about water quality and bacteria levels, Katie Grimes and Mariah Denigan also battled a troublesome tide in the women’s 10k swim in Paris. American Katie Grimes said the open-water swim ...

A woman takes a dip in the San Antonio River Walk on Friday afternoon. Credit: Reddit / your_fellow_lettuce A video of a woman taking a prolonged plunge along the San Antonio River Walk over the ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. — An Overland man who was swimming with his sons in Big River in Jefferson County has died after he went underwater and was eventually pulled out by rescue swimmers sometime ...