Category: Winter Swimming
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Hundreds brave cold in Czech Christmas swim
Almost 400 swimmers launched themslves in cold waters of Prague’s Moldau river for the Alfred Nikodem memorial race. Wednesday’s event was the 70th edition of the country’s oldest winter swimming competition. Competitors from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Argentina and Russia were cheered by dozens of spectators, as they plunged into waters of about 4…
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High Winds Reroute Annual New Year Alcatraz Swim
Windy conditions forced restrictions on the annual New Year Alcatraz swim to San Francisco. Participants had to swaim inside the breakwater and cove at Aquatic Park. (1-1-19)
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Winter Swimming Festival in Turkey in 2018 – Kış Yüzme ÅženliÄŸi 2018 – 360 VR
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2018 Antarctica Ice Kilometer Swim
The first official Antarctica Ice Kilometer Swim was held on 23 and 25 November 2018 at Port Lockroy, a natural harbour in front of the Antarctic Peninsula with 41-year-old Alexander Brylin of Russia, 55-year-old Yunfeng Wang of China, 44-year-old Leszek Naziemiec of Poland, 52-year-old Paolo Chiarino of Italy, 54-year-old Andrey Agarkov of Russia, 33-year-old Samantha…
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Ice Swim Racing In Finland Is Not For The Faint Of Heart
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Dash and splash: Tips for cold water swimming
Cold water swimming is making a splash across the United Kingdom. But if you are one of those who is going to keep the hobby up during the winter, here are five tips to help keep you safe. They come from Bangor, County Down, where a group of swimmers celebrated an anniversary with a fancy…
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Can cold water swimming treat depression?
Jumping into the sea in winter is the most alive and present I ever feel. I get in fast – a dangerous approach if you’re a beginner – when the cold shock response provokes an uncontrollable urge to inhale. Underwater, I feel an intense mixture of burning pain and, even after doing this for years,…
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Nude winter swim ends Hobart’s Dark Mofo festival
A record 1,537 naked bodies galloped down a Hobart beach in chilly 7C in the annual mad dash of Dark Mofo’s winter solstice nude swim. It was ‘refreshing’ and ‘invigorating’, participants said, dressed only in red swimming caps
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Super Woman Swims in the Antarctic Ocean | Only Human
Lynne Cox is an endurance swimmer, who can survive freezing cold waters that would make normal people suffer from chronic nerve damage or even death. Being an extraordinary human, she is gifted with an unexplainable ability to resist cold temperatures, and she has now decided to swim more than a mile in the Antarctic Ocean…