Open water sighting technique with World Champion Keri-anne Payne and Dan Bullock

Advice from World Champion Keri-anne Payne and Dan Bullock (6m 27s)

View an edited version of a documentary shown on Supersport 6 of an historic event, the Speedo Ice Swim Africa.

This is an ice swim - a swim done in water temperature less than 5C in Fraserburg, close to the town Sutherland, which is one of the coldest towns in South Africa.

The team will be well known to readers of Swimming Times and competitors in the Seahorse Swim. They enjoyed a lovely swim on 29/10/11 at Sandbanks. View video (50s flashplayer required)

The team will be well known to readers of Swimming Times and competitors in the Seahorse Swim. They enjoyed a beautiful swim on 28 October 2011 at Branksome Chine Beach, midway between Poole and Bournemouth.

Jack Maitland from thetriathloncoach.com talks about Open Water Swimming - one of the most challenging aspects of a triathlon.

Jack talks about the essentials such as Dive Starts and Deep Water Starts, Sighting in Open Water, Drafting in Open Water, Open Water Swim Turns and Exiting the Water and provides a range of tips and techniques that all triathletes can use to improve their performance and to make them feel more confident in open water.

Penny speaks to the Race Club about her 67.2 mile world record (for both Women and Men) swim from Little to Grand Cayman Island. She talks about currents so strong that lead to ‘maintenance swimming’, Oceanic White Tip Reef Sharks that shadowed her for 8 hours, Portuguese Man O War stings and the remedies they used to heal a seriously swollen tongue. Listen to her unbelievable story (7m 25s flashplayer required).

Located in La Jolla San Diego, First Wave Swim Academy Head Coach Matt Macedo tells us about the entry of Open Water Swimming into the Pacific Ocean of California. Matt shares techniques that will not only help triathletes compete faster but save energy and most importantly be safe doing it.

OK, we’re not always dressed for the fashion catwalks at East Dorset Open Water Swimming Club training sessions. The latest video update from the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai shows what we’re missing, taking in the Speedo fashion shows at the city’s Sogo department store, the thoughts of fans at the Oriental Sports Center, plus an exclusive chat with Great Britain’s Keri-anne Payne after her triumph in the 10km Open Water event.

Events are underway at the 2011 FINA World Championships, but not all swimming takes place in the pool. Competitors head into the open water for action at Jinshan City Beach in Shanghai on Tuesday 19 July.

The host team, China, did its official training at the venue on Thursday morning. The open water races include 5k, 10k and 25k events. The swimmers held a half-hour practice to get used to the temperature and the environment. They had trained in rivers and lakes for the past month, and now worked to complete the transition from swimming in freshwater to sea-water before the 5 days of competition begin.