Iona Hägglund is a 73-year-old winter swimmer navigating Sweden's frigid waters. Training up to three times a week, Iona swims the length of a frozen lake where temperatures are so low, water can turn ...

Urbanization and a warmer climate means that more people want to swim in canals, harbors, and urban beaches. However, this ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 15. SWEDEN'S Emma Igelstrom capped a superb performance at the Swedish National Short Course Championships in Stockholm with a world record swim in the 100 meter breaststroke.

NANTERRE, France — Sarah Sjöström of Sweden won the 50-meter freestyle Sunday night in her fifth Olympics, a perfect complement to the 100 free she won earlier in the Paris Olympics. Sjöström touched ...

Sweden's Olympic 100m butterfly champion Sarah Sjostrom has returned to the pool three weeks after undergoing surgery for a broken elbow. March 2 (Reuters) - Sweden's Olympic 100m butterfly champion ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State rising sophomore William Lulek will represent his native Sweden swimming at the 30th Summer World University Games in Napoli, Italy, July 4-10. Lulek competed at the ...

July 26 (Reuters) - World swimming champion Therese Alshammar risks missing the London Olympics after suffering a trapped nerve in her neck, according to the Swedish team doctor. "“If you have pain ...

Aims: To investigate to what extent socioeconomic differences in swimming abilities persist among children in the city of Malmö, Sweden, after a community-level swimming intervention programme in ...

Sweden is renowned for being one of the happiest places to live in the world, and perhaps it's because residents know how to make the best out of a bad situation. Case in point: A subway station ...

Fit Nation: Around the World in 8 Races will air three times on Saturday, April 21, between 1 and 6 p.m. ET and one time between 5 and 6 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 22. Plunge into water at near-freezing ...

HELSINKI, June 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- We Group is creating a new, modern swimming hall with the latest technology for the municipality of Kiruna, Northern Sweden. Caverion has been selected as a ...

March 2 (Reuters) - Sweden's Olympic 100m butterfly champion Sarah Sjostrom has returned to the pool three weeks after undergoing surgery for a broken elbow. The much-medalled 27-year-old posted a ...