Running the first 100km of the oldest river in the world to see what all the fuss is about. Unlike rivers affected by local populations of people, the Finke is affected by those who don’t live there.
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Finnish ironwoman Elina Mäkinen's guide to Finland's best outdoor icy plunges – from plunges under the Northern Lights to paying homage to Arctic gods
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Sports where women can outperform men - shooting and distance swimming
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Sweden's world record holder Sarah Sjöström completed a remarkable freestyle sprint double by adding the women's 50m gold to her 100m title at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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Talked into swimming the 100-meter freestyle, Sweden's Sarah Sjöström gets a gold at the 2024 Summer Olympics that surprises even her
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The Danish lakelands of the Jutland peninsula unfurl like giant droplets in a region ripe for kayaking, wild swimming and languid summer walks
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Whether you're relaxing at the snail-shaped Kastrup Sea Bath or taking a harbour dip at Kalvebod Bølge, Copenhagen is a paradise for swimmers
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This 'bats—t crazy' Bay Area grandma just set a major record
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Sarah Sjöström breaks her own world record in the women's 50m freestyle swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
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Paris olympics swimming events to be held in cleaned up river Seine, public swimming to become legal
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Graeme Souness, 70, of Liverpool and Scotland fame swims English Channel for charity
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Micro datacenters begin trials as commercial heating units
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The trans swimmer who won too much
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Matti Mattsson wins Finland's first medal of Tokyo Olympics – bronze medal is country's first in swimming in twenty-five years
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Stig Severinsen sets new Guinness world record in Mexico – the longest distance swam underwater with one breath (in open water) now set at 202m
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An Icelandic ritual for wellbeing – when Iceland reopened its public swimming pools, the nation was so delighted that queues formed outside pools at midnight
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Ottawa man shocked to find moose in swimming pool
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Sun Yang banned eight years in swimming doping case
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American becomes first person to swim English Channel four times without stopping
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Duncan Scott joins Mack Horton in podium protest after “you loser” rant from Sun Yang
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Gender-segregated swim hours create hot water in some city pools
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How to measure how much pee is in your pool
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Synchronised swimming may be dominated by women, but Ethan Calleja is making a big splash
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For 1,500 years, Western Europe ‘forgot’ how to swim, retreating from the water in terror. The return to swimming is a lesser-known triumph of the Enlightenment.
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Swimmer Ben Lecomte begins record Pacific crossing attempt. He has set off from Japan aiming to become the first person to swim across the Pacific Ocean.
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