CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. — Early Labor Day morning, Lynn Rasmussen and her group — The Faux Fur-sters — shed their warm, namesake coats to reveal wetsuits. They approached the open door of Columbia Gorge ...

Event organizers say they hope the race will shatter public perceptions of the river as being polluted, while raising money for ALS research and youth swimming lessons. Chicago Tonight is available to ...

Chuck Beatty, event director of the annual Brogan Open Water Classic that features swim races in Lake Erie off Edgewater Beach, said holding an open swim in the Cuyahoga has crossed his mind on ...

July 5 (UPI) --The famed Seine river in Paris opened to the public for swimming on Saturday for the first time in over a 100 years, a key victory for outgoing mayor Anne Hidalgo. The waterway was last ...

Marathon swimmers are battling the current each other and whatever else happens to be. In the end, Paris organizers were counting on this venue to provide spectacular iconic images and it did not ...

Big news this summer for river swimmers: You can now splash around the capital’s famous body of water! Sadly, it’s the capital of France. The Seine is open for swimming; the Potomac and Anacostia ...

PARIS — For the first time in over a century, Parisians and tourists will be able to take a refreshing dip in the River Seine. The long-polluted waterway is finally opening up as a summertime swim ...

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 ...

HOPEWELL, Va. — A major release of raw sewage from Hopewell's wastewater treatment plant has health officials warning people and their pets to avoid a major portion of the James River as well as ...