Distance swimming has not been embraced by television, so are the grueling events on the schedule facing danger?

Racing to get your hand on the wall first can come down to a hundredth of a second, even in distance races. Swimming distance races requires some strategy to execute a successful race. To ensure a ...

While ocean swimming takes skill and training, Diana Nyad shares a few other tips to help you survive your next long-distance swimming challenge. Deep in the ocean, stung by jellyfish and swallowing ...

Long-distance swimming in open water presents challenges beyond the physical grind. Think sharks. And venomous jellyfish. Those are just two of the potentially fatal problems Diana Nyad must contend ...

When watching a swim meet, it's commonplace for spectators to think they could jump in the pool and swim the 50-yard freestyle race. After all, it's only two minutes of swimming. And they probably ...

ZEELAND - Distance swimming isn't for everyone, but Zeeland's Anna VanDyken made it her specialty. Her year-by-year progression as an all-state swimmer has led her to find the best distance for ...

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands – Jake Jennings spent four years creating relationships in and out of pools across Europe while his family was stationed at Sigonella in Italy. Then came the news the Jennings ...

Andy Donaldson set off on his swimming challenge in Australia on Tuesday, April 28 Andy Donaldson began his 34-mile swim along the crocodile-filled Ord River in Western Australia on April 28 The ...

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands – Emma Heaphy takes pleasure in the chase. Because the 9-year-old Kaiserslautern Kingfish generally is well ahead of the competitors in her age group, though, she has to get ...