Calum experienced a full range of weather, from -6C on the first day of the swim to 30C in the middle of the summer. He also navigated the river when it was at its lowest level in sixty years after a ...

The annual Great Ohio River Swim took place on Sunday, with participants braving cool early morning temperatures that got down into the 60s.Partakers entered the Ohio River at the Serpentine Wall in ...

BERLIN (AP) — A century after the city of Berlin banned swimming in the Spree River because it was so polluted it could make people sick, there's a push by swimmers to get back into the water. Around ...

Next month, 500 swimmers will take off on a one- or two-mile swim in open water for the Chicago River Swim. It is a test of endurance and strength, and so was the years-in-the-making effort to get the ...

Event organizers say they hope the race will shatter public perceptions of the river as being polluted, while raising money for ALS research and youth swimming lessons. Chicago Tonight is available to ...

Share the water with Florida’s sea cows, encountering them in an up-close and personal way on a tour while visiting the aptly-named “Manatee Capital of the World.” ...

WASHINGTON — The Seine River has been an integral part of the Paris Olympics, serving as the main attraction for the Opening Ceremony and the scheduled site for an array of open-water swimming events.

Put down the swim cap and back away from the dock ... the Big Pipe is full, and a combined sewer overflow advisory has been ...

The Chicago River Swim has been moved to Lake Michigan, organizers said Monday, a month after the city denied a permit for the open-water swimming event because of safety concerns related to the ...

Big news this summer for river swimmers: You can now splash around the capital’s famous body of water! Sadly, it’s the capital of France. The Seine is open for swimming; the Potomac and Anacostia ...

July 5 (UPI) --The famed Seine river in Paris opened to the public for swimming on Saturday for the first time in over a 100 years, a key victory for outgoing mayor Anne Hidalgo. The waterway was last ...