PARIS, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Netherlands' iron-woman Sharon van Rouwendaal claimed her second Olympic women's 10km marathon swimming gold as she snatched victory from her Australian friend and training ...

Father of boy refused entry to pool says case is reminder that some Dutch do not acknowledge reality of racism ...

The Netherlands is in the midst of a potentially record-breaking superheatwave, and many people are seeking to cool down in the water. But health risks currently apply to dozens of outdoor swimming ...

Researchers are warning that many people in the Netherlands underestimate the risks of swimming in open water, where hidden ...

Swimming in the Netherlands moved a step closer to returning to normal after it was announced that indoor pools can open again beginning Monday, May 11. Outdoor pools reopened on April 29 for young ...

A week after the Olympic triathletes pioneered their way into the murky waters of Paris’s most famous body of water, two dozen of the world’s top marathon swimmers upped the ante. Those triathletes ...

Since before the start of the Olympic Games, the eyes of the Paris 2024 organisers have been on the Seine and the quality of its water. E. coli bacteria were present at too high levels at several ...

The Netherlands have withdrawn from hosting the European Para Swimming Championships due to the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes. Source: AD.nl Details: The International Paralympic ...

Dec 3 (Reuters) - Spain's Mireia Belmonte upstaged Katinka Hosszu to break two world records while the Netherlands women's team shattered the 4x200 freestyle relay mark on the opening day of the world ...

AMSTERDAM — While Parisians have recently rediscovered the pleasure of swimming in the Seine, Amsterdammers have been enjoying a cooling dip in the Dutch capital's Ij waterway for years. In a country ...