A Roma local is stepping up to ensure regional children can stay safe around water by providing swimming lessons at her ...

For first-time spectators to the Head of the Charles Regatta, the world’s largest three-day rowing competition, there’s much ...

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Initially, VanGerpen said, the about 3- to 4-foot-long white shark bit the swimmer's hand. "Then, he went to kick it away, and it bit his foot," VanGerpen said. By the time fire rescuers arrived at ...

Solveig Lovseth made is more Ironman World Championship success for Norway as Kat Matthews produced a run course record for ...

For the first time in nearly a century, swimmers took to the open water of the Chicago River on Sunday. Participants in the Chicago River Swim made their way along a one- or two-mile route downtown.

Hundreds of people went against a nearly century-long tide to swim in the Chicago River on Sept. 22. The event, which was put on for ALS research, marked the first open water swim in the river in 98 ...

A long-distance swimmer was bitten by a shark off the coast of California, fire officials say. A boat captain called the Los Angeles Fire Department shortly after 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, to ...