Open Water Swimming Archives

July 7, 2025
International
World

A century after ban, how Paris cleaned Seine river for swimming and how Olympics helped

A man dives in the water as people swim at the Grenelle safe bathing site on the Seine river in Paris, France, Saturday, July 5, 2025. (AP) Swimming has been allowed again in the River Seine in Paris from Saturday for the first time since 1923. This happened after many years of cleanup work.The reopening […]

June 15, 2025
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Daman
Diu
Sports

News In Frames | Surf, sand and sports

The inaugural edition of Khelo India Beach Games organised in May in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu was a show of mixed emotions. The elation of victories paralleled the disappointments of falling short. During the open water swimming event, which was held under adverse weather conditions, parents were […]