In the end, the story of Amy Mazur’s quest to swim the English Channel is one of friendship. Sure, there’s the training, the hardship, and the expense, but the deepest story of all is the bond between ...

Getting into shape for an intense athletic endeavor doesn’t usually involve pizza and beer, but that’s just what endurance athlete Rob Lea turned to when preparing for the second leg of his “ultimate ...

An American cancer survivor has become the first person to swim across the English Channel four times non-stop. Sarah Thomas, an open water marathon swimmer from Colorado, completed the ...

On Tuesday, An American cancer survivor became the first person to swim the English Channel four times without stopping. Sarah Thomas, 37, began her swim through the 20-mile channel, which separates ...

Gertrude Ederle (1905-2003), at age 15, became the first woman to swim the length of New York Bay and, in 1924, won three medals at the Paris Olympics. The German American athlete rocketed to ...

Sarah Thomas, an American ultramarathon swimmer, has just completed a swim that no other human on the planet has ever accomplished. The 37-year-old from Colorado plunged into waters off the shore of ...