About 300 swimmers participated in the event, marveling at the clean water and festive atmosphere. Event organizers say ...

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He conquered one of the world’s toughest endurance feats, beating the record held by Puerto Rico's Joel Matos Ortiz. Read ...

There are many positives to outdoor sea-swimming. But 2024 research conducted by UCD ’s Environmental Research Institute, on ...

For three Chicago area residents, it’ll soon be time to leave the dry banks of the Riverwalk and immerse themselves in the ...

Participants in the Chicago River Swim made their way along a one- or two-mile route downtown. It was the first time in 95 ...

For the first time in almost a century, hundreds of swimmers will jump into the Chicago River for an open water swim on ...

Sykes believes any river can become swimmable with proper planning, suggesting cities set goals five to 10 years out as Paris ...

Dantzler has been open-water swimming for 35 years and has done the La Jolla Cove Swim more than 10 times. She much prefers ...

The inaugural Chicago River Swim is a symbol of how far we’ve come toward treating urban rivers, not as scars but as veins.