Lynne Cox Made A Cold Swim From The US To The USSR During The Cold War
Today in 1987, American swimmer Lynne Cox took to the freezing waters of the Bering Strait in a call for peace between the world’s superpowers.
Gertrude Ederle Set A Record For Swimming The English Channel, And She Did It In A Thunderstorm
Today in 1926, American Gertrude Ederle swam from France to England, a record-setting crossing of the English Channel she made in stormy weather!
Dick Roth Won Olympic Gold While He Had Appendicitis
It's National Swimming Pool Day, so here’s a story of a guy who had to get into the pool: Dick Roth, who won an Olympic gold medal while trying to fend off appendicitis.
Trischa Zorn, The Swimming Great With 55 Paralympic Medals
The benchmark for Paralympic gold: 55 medals by a single athlete, swimmer Trischa Zorn.
“Eric The Eel” Won An Olympic Heat With The Slowest Time In The Field
Sometimes the Olympic athletes who don’t win are the ones who make big impressions. Eric Moussambani was a hit at the 2000 Summer Games despite finishing well behind the rest of the competitors in his event.
Robot Lifeguards Could Keep People Safe In The Pool
A team of German developers may have just made the pool safer, by developing a water-based lifeguard robot that can rescue swimmers in distress.
The Swimming Champion Who Became A Real-Life Superhero
Armenian finswimming champion Shavarsh Karapetyan saved at least 20 passengers trapped in a trolleybus that had gone into a lake. Has anybody done a biopic about this guy yet?
Tweens vs Potholes
A long cold winter is behind us - unfortunately potholes are underneath us.