Open Water

Jack Burnell Calls Referees “Clueless” After 10K Disqualification

RIO 2016 OLYMPIC OPEN WATER SWIMMING August 15th-16th, 2016 9AM Local Time (8AM U.S. East Coast Time) 10Km Race Fort…

  26 Comments

Kazakhstan’s Vitaliy Khudyakov Red-Flagged During Men’s 10KM Race

RIO 2016 OLYMPIC OPEN WATER SWIMMING August 15th-16th, 2016 9AM Local Time (8AM U.S. East Coast Time) 10Km Race Fort…

  9 Comments

PHOTO VAULT: Rio Olympic Women’s Open Water 10K

Check out this women’s 10K open water photo vault courtesy of Satiro Sodre.

  Comment First!

WATCH: Controversial Silver Medal Finish, DQ In Women’s Olympic 10K

The Netherlands picked up the first open water swimming gold of the Rio Olympic Games on a dominant effort from Sharon van Rouwendaal, but behind her, controversy raged with a hotly-contested silver medal finish that led to a disqualification.

  2 Comments

Aurélie Muller DQ’ed After Winning Silver Medal in Women’s 10KM Swim

French swimmer Aurélie Muller has been disqualified from the women’s open water 10km race after touching the pad 2nd.

  28 Comments

Van Rouwendaal Gives Dutch Their 1st Swimming Medal With Gold In 10 KM

Sharon Van Rouwendaal won gold in the women’s 10 KM event, the Netherlands’ first swimming medal of the Games.

  5 Comments

French Portrait Series: Aurélie Muller (Video)

Meet open water swimmer Aurélie Muller in this video produced by the French Federation to introduce the members of its 2016 Olympic team.

  Comment First!

Russia’s Anastasiia Krapivina Reinstated into Women’s 10k Open Water

Russia’s Anastasiia Krapivina will swim the 10k Marathon Swim at the Rio Olympic Games tomorrow.

  9 Comments

Olympic Open Water Swimming Starts Monday (PREVIEW)

American Jordan Wilimovsky has a breakout 2015 that included the World title in the open water 10k. Now he’ll try and do it again for Olympic gold.

  4 Comments

USLA NATIONAL LIFEGUARD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS

USLA National lifeguard results; age-group champions crowned in surf boat race, surfs, american ironman and american iron woman.

  Comment First!

3+ Meter Waves Slam Copacabana Beach, Site of Open Water Swimming

The Copacabana Beach that will play home to marathon swimming, among other sports, at the 2016 Olympic Games, has been lashed with huge waves.

  11 Comments

Over 1,000 Lifeguards Hit Hermosa Beach for 2016 USLA Nationals

Lifeguards nationwide from more than 50 chapters to compete for titles in individual and team competitions, Aug. 10-13.

  Comment First!

Canada Sweeps Titles at Lac St. Jean World Cup Stop

Navigating choppy conditions on Lac St-Jean in central Quebec, Canada on Thursday, the home nation defended its water by sweeping…

  Comment First!

Italy, Germany Win Relay Golds To Close 2016 Junior Open Water Worlds

Italy and Germany won gold medals in the relay events to close the 2016 Junior Open Water World Championships, with the former nation finishing atop the medal standings.

  Comment First!