EXTRA,  FEATURES,  September 2025

How and why women are surpassing men in ultra-endurance swimming

New book, Ultra Women, explores how women are outperforming men in endurance sport, author Lily Canter tells us more.

It’s a familiar refrain in sports: men are faster, stronger, and better. But in the murky, icy world of open water endurance swimming, that assumption is increasingly under question.

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