Women’s Sports Foundation Protests Wielgus’ HOF Induction; Group of Past USA Swimming Presidents Push Back
The letter is signed by a group referring to themselves as “Victims of Coaching Sexual Abuse,” as well as “Supporters of Victims of Coaching Sexual Abuse,” which includes the Women’s Sports Foundation as a whole and several Olympians, high level coaches, and victims in recent high-profile coaching abuse cases.
Chance To Have Coffee With Diana Nyad In RFK Auction
The RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights is running a spring auction right now, and one of the items up for bid is a cup of coffee with open water swimmer Diana Nyad in Los Angeles to hear about her swim from Cuba to Florida.
Open Water Swimming Legend Diana Nyad Hits the Dance Floor
It’s been quite a year for Diana Nyad. She cemented her status as one of the world’s greatest marathon…
Diana Nyad to compete on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ in upcoming season
Record-setting open water swimmer Diana Nyad is among the celebrities featured on the upcoming 18th season of ‘Dancing With the Stars’.
4 things Open water swimming cures
Well maybe it’s a reach to say open water swimming has curative benefits but there’s a whole lot of swimmers…
The Five Best Moments From Diana Nyad’s AMA on Reddit
Open water swimmer Diana Nyad made headlines last September for becoming the first person to complete the Cuba-to-Florida swim without the assistance of a shark cage.
SwimSwam’s 2013 Person of the Year: Diana Nyad
Diana Nyad’s swim, whether legitimate or not, was the biggest newsmaker in swimming of 2013.
Is this open water?
Following our story last week about the USA Swimming open water nationals relocation to Lake Castaic, a few debated if…
Marathon Swimmers Federation Publishes “Rules of Marathon Swimming” to Standardized Feats
Diana Nyad’s Cuba-to-Florida swim set the marathon swimming community on fire – some with excitement, and some with skepticism. A release of standard rules by the Marathon Swimmers’ Federation today furthers the debated.
2013 Swammy Awards: SwimSwam Buzz Award
With the figurative, and sometimes quite literal, support of his coaches like Jason Calanog (left); along with his family like younger sister Sheridan Dressel (right), Caeleb Dressel (center) put up the most eye-catching swim of 2013 at the Winter Junior National Championships.
Franklin, Nyad crack ESPN-W’s list of 10 impact female athletes of 2013
Missy Franklin and Diana Nyad are being honored by ESPN-W as two of the top 10 most impactful female athletes of 2013.
Nyad Monument Coming to Key West
Diana Nyad did the unthinkable this past September in her successful swim from Havana to Key West. According to reports…
Can’t Stop Nyad: Swimming 48 hours to aid hurricane relief
Diana Nyad is back in the water. This time she’s swimming 48 hours straight in New York City raising money for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.
Oprah and Diana Nyad: The Power of the Human Spirit – airs Sunday Oct 6
Diana Nyad (from the show): “There’s a Henry David Thoreau quote that really grips me hard and it says when you achieve your goals in life, it’s not what that gets you. But it’s who I am.”
