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A Belgian athlete and adventurer swam the Gulf of Corinth non-stop, breaking the open sea swimming world record by covering 131 kilometers (81 miles). Matthieu Bonne covered the entire distance in 60 hours and 55 minutes, stopping only for food...

Team USA Artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez was rescued by her coach Andrea Fuentes after fainting in the water at the FINA World Aquatic Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Wednesday. The 25-year-old competitor sank to the bottom of the pool after...

Greek-American Paralympic phenom and social media star, Anastasia Pagonis, took home a gold medal Wednesday in her debut at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal. The day's winners also included Greece's Dimosthenis Michalentzakis—men’s 100-meter freestyle—and Alexandra Stamatopoulou—women’s...

Greek paralympic swimmer Antonios Tsapatakis won the gold medal on the opening day of the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal on Sunday. Tsapatakis won the 100-meter breaststroke race in 1:36.27 ahead of two Colombian athletes who finished...

Greek American swimmer Anastasia Pagonis, who is blind, won the US' first gold in the Tokyo Paralympic Games on Thursday. Pagonis made her Paralympic debut winning gold in the women’s 400-meter freestyle S11 with a new world record of 4:54:49....

Greek swimmer and Olympian Apostolos Christou chatted with Greek Reporter about joining the Los Angeles Current in Season 2 of the International Swimming League (ISL). "I am very excited to be a part of this team," he said. "Lenny Krayzelburg...

One of South Africa’s most-loved sons of the water, Cameron van der Burgh, is in Greece to tie the knot with his Greek fiancée, Nefeli Valakelis. The couple, both 30, will exchange vows at a cliff-side villa in the Greek...

Aris Grigoriadis excels in swimming. His career includes many medals and distinctions but every gold medal makes his compatriots proud. He managed to make an entire country smile, when they heard that the young athlete won the Gold Medal at the European...