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A fellow surfer and two teenagers have been praised for their heroic efforts to help save a man mauled by a shark off the coast of Geraldton. Local father Mel Ismail faces a long recovery after losing part of his leg in the attack.
Summary of the highlights of the 2026 ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Championship race from Sandhamn to Utö in the Stockholm archipelago
Taking you through a busy weekend of racing in Mexico, where I got the chance to meet up with some of my closest friends in the sport, Thomas Ceccon and Kyle Chalmers. Join me as I show you what it’s like to race at the 2026 Copa Internacional.
Olympic swimmer Ariarne Titmus has criticised Sydney Sweeney for sexualising female athletes.
Catherine Breed is 600 miles into swimming the entire California coast. She can’t control the weather, the currents, the wildlife, or what the next hundred miles bring. Four things are hers. She can wake up. She can eat. She can put on her wetsuit. She can get back in the water. That’s the whole method. […]
Swimming gets massive attention during the Olympics, but why is it so difficult for the sport to keep that attention year-round? In this video, I give my perspective as a competitive swimmer and content creator on what I think is holding the sport back and what could help it grow.
A surfer is tonight in a serious condition in hospital after being bitten by a shark, off the Midwest coast. The man suffered leg injuries in the attack.
Two miles of open water: That’s what separated 155 swimmers at Henderson Point from the finish line at the Bay St. Louis Municipal Harbor. Read WLOX News
In May 2025, a team led by University of Utah geneticist Melissa Ilardo compared 30 haenyeo to 30 non-diving women from Jeju and 31 women from mainland Korea. The participants averaged 65 years old. Researchers tried to “simulate dives” by asking the participants to hold their breath and place their face in cold water. The haenyeo’s heart […]
As she prepares for the LA28 Olympic Games, 3-Time Olympic Artistic Swimmer and Silver Medalist Anita Alvarez stopped by the KTLA Weekend Morning News to talk about the Coastal Cleanup happening Saturday, September 19th in Long Beach.
A teenage driver has escaped unharmed, after his car rolled off a boat ramp and into Narrabeen Lagoon overnight.
Most adult swimmers train harder every year — yet their freestyle speed barely improves. In this video, Lukas Siska explains what actually creates real speed in swimming and specifically the freestyle stroke, why so many struggle with freestyle, and how elite swimmers are developed over time. Whether you are a beginner or advanced this video […]
A better freestyle catch can completely change how much speed you get from every stroke. In this video, I break down the swimming catch technique I use to create more propulsion, improve connection with the water, and make freestyle feel faster without simply trying to pull harder.
Roland Schoeman won three Olympic medals for South Africa. In this interview with BizNews editor Alec Hogg, Schoeman says that didn’t buy him any protection from Swimming South Africa: he describes being flown home from the US at the federation’s own expense just to hear a second doctor confirm what the first had already told […]
