Feeling the weight of the world, a writer embarks on a mission: She would immerse herself in a different body of water every ...

The Klang River has the potential to be transformed into a recreational swimming spot if restoration and conservation efforts ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Following a recent open-water swim in the once-polluted Chicago River, the question was raised whether ...

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

Katie Cosgriffe claimed Canada's final medal of the Para swimming world championships Saturday with a silver medal in women's ...

SINGAPORE - Katie Cosgriffe claimed Canada's final medal of the world para swimming championship Saturday with a silver medal in women's 100-metre backstroke.

Tackling the annual Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim, a four-mile journey between Asia and Europe, involves doing battle with currents, jellyfish and self-doubt. Here’s what it was like.

A historic two-mile river race through downtown highlighted the success of decades-long efforts to clean up the city’s river.

Photos from the Chicago River Swim on Sept. 21, 2025, which raised $100,000 for research into ALS and celebrated the river’s recovery from its polluted past.

For the first time in nearly a century, hundreds of swimmers plunged into the Chicago River over the weekend. Here's why.

For the first time in nearly a century, the Chicago River hosted an organized open swim. The race on Sunday drew 263 swimmers and celebrated the river’s environmental turnaround.