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Sep 2026
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Greek swimmer becomes first person to swim from Greece to Italy

Spyros Chrysikopoulos completed the 91.4-kilometre crossing in 31 hours and 50 minutes, setting off from Othonoi on 31 August and arriving at Santa Maria di Leuca in southern Italy, with the achievement verified by officials

Christou strikes gold and Karalis claims silver in double European triumph for Greece

Apostolos Christou defended his European 100m backstroke crown again in Paris, beating world champion Thomas Ceccon, while pole vaulter Emmanouil Karalis cleared 6.00 metres in Birmingham, finishing runner-up behind Sweden's world record holder Mondo Duplantis

Polish swimmer crosses Baltic from Sweden to Poland without sleep for 55 hours, makes history

Bartłomiej Kumbkowski covered more than 160 kilometres to become the first person to complete the feat

Dead 74-year-old woman missing in the area of Asteria Glyfada

Transferred by private lifeboat to PIKPA beach in Voula

Missing 74 year old swimmer in the area Asteria Glyfada – Investigations of the Coast Guard

In the area there are southerly winds of 5 Beaufort

“Underwater bicycle” propels swimmers forward at superhuman speed (videos)

Summer is upon us & the question is: How is it possible that nobody thought of it until now?

Scuba diver shows how to escape a shark attack with a live shark demonstration (video)

"You know what else works? Staying on the beach", one viewer said

Man handles live shark off shore (video)

He was trying to remove a hook from the shark's jaw

The heart of a swimmer vs. the heart of a runner

Regular exercise changes the look and workings of the human heart