The river will be closed Sunday to ensure IRONMAN participants’ safety as they swim 1.2 miles down the Rock River.

Swimmers have jumped back into a Berlin waterway where swimming was banned a century ago because its pollution could make ...

IRONMAN will host its first ever race in Illinois on June 22 in Rockford. Here's what you need to know about IRONMAN 70.3 ...

Rockford is set to host its first-ever Ironman triathlon on Sunday, June 22nd, with competitors like 23-year-old Noah ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The city has approved for the Chicago River swimming competition to happen in September, event organizers said. Although the event will begin on the river, swimmers won't actually ...

Swimmers compete at the start of the Chicago River swim race, circa 1920s. The race started on the north side of Municipal Pier, now called Navy Pier, and ended near the Jackson Boulevard Bridge.

James Ochoa, Chicago River Swim participant Organizers agreed with ... James Ochoa swam the race for those affected by ALS. "So it's just like any way to help, any way I can," Ochoa said.

After days of delays and uncertainty over water quality in the Seine River, the women's and men's Olympic triathlon races will go forward Wednesday with a swim in the famed Paris waterway ...

Some dunked their swim goggles in the Seine before putting ... Elevated levels of bacteria in the river pushed the men’s race originally planned for Tuesday to Wednesday, when the women ...

PARIS — After competing in the Seine river for the women’s open water ... The first of the two marathon swimming races featured 24 athletes, who completed six laps around the 1.67-kilometer ...

Some dunked their swim goggles in the Seine before putting ... last August.Elevated levels of bacteria in the river pushed the men’s race originally planned for Tuesday to Wednesday, when ...

Concerns over the water quality of Paris’ Seine River have continued into the 2024 Olympics, with a pre-race triathlon event there canceled Sunday. Organizers said they nixed the swimming leg of ...