Marathon swimming joined FINA (now World Aquatics) fully in 1991 and the Olympic Games in 2008. This journey took advantage of the progression of the sport for the last 200 years and, perhaps more ...

PARIS (AP) — A test run meant to allow Olympic athletes to familiarize themselves with the marathon swimming course in the Seine River was canceled Tuesday over concerns about water quality in the ...

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Here are the little-known rules marathon swimmers must follow at the 2024 Paris Olympics, including swimsuit guidelines and drink breaks during the race Sarah Stier/Getty Let's dive in, shall we?

After months of uncertainty and canceled training sessions, the women’s marathon swimmers dove into the Seine on a sunny morning under the Pont Alexandre III on Aug. 8. Two days before the race, a ...

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—Florian Wellbrock, Germany: He is the defending Olympic champion who qualified for Paris with a wire-to-wire victory in the marathon swimming event at the 2023 world championships. At Tokyo in 2021, ...

Jaimie Monahan has staked major claims in the sport of open water swimming. She is an honoree in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (2018), Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (2019), “Queen of ...

Sharks, huge waves, jagged cliffs and frigid waters are just some of the challenges ahead for Catherine Breed as she attempts ...

PARIS — A test run meant to allow Olympic athletes to familiarize themselves with the marathon swimming course in the Seine River was canceled Tuesday over concerns about water quality in the Paris ...