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Ice swimming in Finland Two Russian women about to swim in a frozen lake. Winter swimming is the activity of swimming during the winter season, typically in outdoor locations (open water swimming) or in unheated pools or lidos. In colder countries, it may be synonymous with ice swimming, when the water is frozen over.
The New Zealand Ice Water Swimming Team has been using the lake at Castle Ashby in Northamptonshire to acclimatise for the upcoming championships in Italy, where competitors will swim in water ...
On 16 March 2000, Hof set the Guinness World Record for farthest swim under ice on his second attempt, with a distance of 57.5 metres (188.6 feet). [27] Hof's first attempt the day before failed when he began his swim without goggles and his corneas froze solid and blinded him. A rescue diver pulled him to the surface after he passed out. [28]
[1] [2] She is holder of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming [3] [4] [5] and holds the world record for the highest swim on Earth as part of the Madswimmer team by swimming in Mount Putha Hiunchuli in the Himalayas at 6405m. [6] [7] [8] She is also an ice swimming world champion [9] [10] [11] and has crossed the English Channel.
Czech free-diver David Vencl swam nearly 81 metres (265.75 ft) beneath the ice on Tuesday, breaking the world record after braving the freezing water wearing only a swimsuit. Vencl, who dropped ...
As the ice swimming champ puts it, “I’m not afraid of a coup; I’m looking forward to it. Any change will be for the better, because it can’t get any worse.” ...
Winter Swimming World Championships (WSWC) is masters championships in the men's and women's age categories (A to J2) organized by International Winter Swimming Association (IWSA) which was founded in 2006 after great success and huge international attendance at the 2006 Finnish Winter Swimming Championships in Oulu.
In 2015, she broke the Guinness World Record for females on March 14, 2015, diving for 50 metres under the ice in 2 °C cold water of Lake Päijänne, while only wearing a swimsuit and mask. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] On the 18th of March 2021 Nordblad set a new under ice swimming record by diving 103 metres in Lake Ollori under 60cm thick ice without ...