MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - A French couple is training in the Mediterranean to prepare for what they hope will be a record-breaking three-month relay swim across the Atlantic. Matthieu Witvoet and ...

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.

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It's scheduled for Sept. 21. It will be the first sanctioned swim in the Chicago River in nearly a century. The event was supposed to happen last year, but organizers were denied a permit and ...

The Chicago River Swim is returning for 2025, this time without any detours to the beach. Organizers announced today the city has officially signed off on the event set for Sept. 21 in which 500 ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – Want to swim in the Chicago River? Now’s your chance! The Chicago River Swim (CRS) is officially coming back in September and will be held on Sunday, Sept. 21, from 7 to 10 a.m. The ...

The last open water swimming event on the Chicago River took place 98 years ago. And now it’s back! On Sunday, Sept. 21, 500 swimmers will take on a one-to-two mile stretch of the river to showcase ...

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 ...

HAW RIVER, N.C. (WGHP) — Floodwaters rose fast in Haw River after Tropical Storm Chantal dumped heavy rainfall on the area, leading to water rescues as roads and homes filled with water. One of the ...

This Sunday, swimmers can take the plunge into Boston’s once notoriously “dirty water” through the 1-day-only City Splash event on the Charles River. The “beloved summer event” is a tradition put on ...

Swimmers were scheduled to take their annual dive into Boston's Charles River on Sunday. But due to elevated bacteria levels, the event dubbed "City Splash" has been canceled. Organizers had already ...

MARSEILLE, France — A French couple is training in the Mediterranean to prepare for what they hope will be a record-breaking three-month relay swim across the Atlantic. Matthieu Witvoet and Chloe ...