Marathon swimming looks like the ultimate endurance test, but the risks go far beyond cold and exhaustion. From toxic water ...

A shark bite has been reported by a long distance swimmer at Southern California's Catalina Island. According to KTLA via Yahoo News, a swimmer in his 50s was doing a long-distance channel swim from ...

A swimmer off the coast of Los Angeles recently survived a shark attack, according to SFGate. A 50-year-old man was participating in a swimming competition eight miles off the coast of Catalina Island ...

In the dark of night on July 21, long-distance swimmer Catherine Breed emerged from Lake Tahoe at Skylandia Park, near Tahoe City, and cracked open a Pabst Blue Ribbon with her boyfriend.She’d just ...

BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Local News Baltimore ultra-marathon swimmer Katie Pumphrey completes six-hour swim in Inner Harbor baltimore By Stephon Dingle Updated on: April 24, 2025 / 8:07 PM EDT / ...

Christopher Murray, a long-distance swimmer from the U.K., recalled how he fought off a shark while attempting to swim the ...

A 3-to-4-foot long shark nibbled on a 54-year-old man attempting to swim from Catalina Island to San Pedro early Tuesday.

A man was bitten by a shark during a popular long-distance channel swim from Catalina Island to the mainland early Tuesday morning. The 50 to 55-year-old swimmer was about 12 miles off Catalina Island ...

Katie Pumphrey, a Baltimore open-water ultra-marathon swimmer, is preparing for another long-distance challenge, her third English Channel crossing. Pumphrey completed a six-hour swim on Thursday in ...