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Irish woman swims into 'triple crown' history, inspired by Cork brother's transplant journey

Having taken up open water challenges around her 50th birthday, the 70-year-old has also crossed the English Channel, and completed Manhattan's 20 Bridges Swim.

Taiwanese swimmer recounts North Channel swim

31 hours and 50 minutes in the sea

Ultramarathon swimmer Spyros Chrysikopoulos completed a 91-kilometer crossing from Greece to Italy, overcoming a failed attempt two years earlier.

43 Days Alone, Rowing to Hawaii

Kelsey Pfendler pushed off from Monterey, California on May 21 with 2,400 miles (3862 kilometers) of open Pacific Ocean between her and land. 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes late...

British adventurer finally gets OK from France to swim home across the Channel and finish his 36,000-mile round-the-worl...

Karl Bushby, 57, was earlier refused consent to swim home by the French Coast Guard, prompting jokes that he was the only man they would not let across the water.

At 56, open-water swimmer Alex Kostich shatters another Lake Tahoe record—and reclaims his story

Alex Kostich continues to amaze.

Cork woman, 70, sets record swimming California's Catalina Channel for Irish charity

Inspired by her brother's kidney transplant, Maura Twomey completed the Catalina Challenge to raise funds and awareness for the Irish Kidney Association.

Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel – archive 1926

The 19-year-old made the crossing from Cape Gris-Nez to Deal in 14 hours and 39 minutes, breaking the men’s record by almost two hours7 August 1926 Continue reading...

Former broadcaster Tracy Piggott completes second underwater endurance swim across Galway Bay

Never say die!

Katie Spithill is the complete personification of the message, Never Say Die. As she says of herself, “Definitely. It is always there and available, and we are always fighting.”

Swimmer with fish phobia completes arctic challenge

Roz Rapp of South Newington, near Banbury, swims from Finland to Sweden for a youth charity.

Douglass sets 50m freestyle world record at Pan Pacific

Lani Pallister beats swimming idol for gold

Australian distance star Lani Pallister wins gold and beats her idol, USA's Katie Ledecky in the women's 400m freestyle in Irvine, California.

At 75, Jeanne Socrates was badly injured; two years later, she sailed solo around the world at 77

At the inspiring age of 77, British sailor Jeanne Socrates completed a solo, non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. Starting her journey aboard the yacht Nereida from Victoria, Ca...

Dream sparked beneath the Golden Gate Bridge leads to epic Irish swimming challenge

Tipperary and Mayo women swam at every Blue Flag beach in Ireland raising funds for the RNLI

Esta corredora neozelandesa cruzó ocho países de Europa en 29 días, con olas de calor, tormentas e incendios forestales

Por Chris Lau, CNN ¿Qué hiciste en los últimos 29 días? La ultramaratonista neozelandesa Sophie Woods corrió 2.000 kilómetros a través de ocho países para conquistar uno de los ret...

Three more medals for Fairweather among world’s greatest swimmers