Last year's winner, the LawConnect, won the 79th edition of the Sydney to Hobart Regatta, which was held in the shadow of tragic events. The day before, two sailors died in a storm, the first fatalities in the prestigious race since 1998.more
Yesterday, 104 yachts set off on the 79th edition of the famous Sydney to Hobart regatta. Organizers reported that two participants died in the storm. The victims were crew members of two different boats: the Flying Fish Arctos and the Bowline.more
Eight-time world champion and winner of three Olympic gold medals in swimming, British Adam Peaty, fought with his teammate Luke Greenbank - reported The Sun. Peaty suffered minor facial injuries.more
Three-time Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty has admitted to mental health problems and has announced that he will not compete in the British Championships in April.more
Summer McIntosh, a 16-year-old Canadian swimmer, broke the world record in the 400-meter freestyle in Toronto with a time of 3.56.08. The previous best result belonged to Australian Ariarne Titmus from last year at 3.56.40.more
The WindWhisper crew use the break between stages of The Ocean Race to hone their form in the Caribbean. The Polish team took part in the strongly attended RORC Caribbean 600 regatta, winning in its class (VO65) and taking third place among monohull boats.more
The yacht "I Love Poland", which promotes Poland, reached the finish line of the Caribbean regatta as the second monohull, reported Temistokles Brodowski from the Polish National Foundation, which is the owner of the boat.more
Piotr Biankowski - an athlete and extreme swimmer, a man with an open heart for helping others, ambassador of the Ronald McDonald Foundation - is ready for a new attempt! He will swim a grueling distance of 48.5 kilometers under twenty New York bridges to help build the third Ronald McDonald House in Poland.
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The Super Maxi "Black Jack" yacht under the Monaco flag was the first to cross the finish line of the famous Sydney-Hobart sailing regatta. He covered the route to the main port of Tasmania in two days (12 hours, 37 minutes and 17 seconds).more
Flag bearers Maja Włoszczowska and Paweł Korzeniowski will lead the Poland Olympic team during the parade of nations in the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony.more
Nicole Phelps, wife of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, is opening up and sharing her journey as the partner of someone who battles depression and suicidal ideation.more
Four-time world champion Daiya Seto has been suspended for the rest of the year by the Japan Swimming Federation after having an extra-marital affair. The 26-year-old has been banned for breaching the governing body's sportsmanlike conduct standard.more
McCardel has now crossed the English Channel an incredible 35 times, one more than the men's world record. The Aussie swimmer is second on the list of the most Channel swims, passing the record of 34 for men held by British athlete Kevin Murphy.more
On December 13, 2019, the Polish diver Marcel Korkuś dived at an altitude of 6395 m ASL, setting an absolute world record in high-altitude diving. It was the first man ever diving at such a high altitude.more
In the famous Sydney-Hobart regatta Polish yacht "Maserati" with skippers Jacek Siwek and Jacek Piotrowski ended on the 12th place. The Australian "Comanche" won the 75th edition of the competition.more
Otylia Jędrzejczak has had a generous year behind him. In 2019, she was introduced to the International Hall of Fame, gave birth to a second child and ... wrote a book. "I closed a certain stage of my life" - admitted Olympic and world swimming champion.more
Two people have died and more than 17 were injured, after an internal balcony collapsed at a nightclub in the South Korean city of Gwangju early on Saturday, the local fire service saysmore
A swimmer struggling in the sea off Sardinia soon discovered it was his lucky day. Italian news agency ANSA says the male tourist got in trouble Sunday afternoon after his inflatable swan was carried away by the wind. According to a witness, the swimmer's friends alerted a life guard - but someone else was closer by. It was former world champion swimmer Filippo Magnini.more
Olympic swimmer Maarten van der Weijden completed his Elfstedentocht marathon in Friesland on Monday evening, reaching the finishing line in Leeuwarden at around 7.30pm, and raising €3.9m for cancer research. more
Maja Dziarnowska, after eight races, ranks second in the European Championships held in Majorca in the RS: X windsurfing class. He leads Yunxiu Lu, but the Chinese results are not included in the classification of this championship. Among men, the eighth is Piotr Myszka.more
