Filmed by my father, Bengt Lagus in the 1960´s, I have edited the material. The water temperature was something between 15-18 degrees Celsius this day and it felt really cold for the children, also the air temperature was below 20 C.. The swimming “school” was in Luvia (Verkkoranta) Finland. I have also in the early 1970´s been at this swimming school and we then still did it the same way as here !
Cold swimming in Novosibirsk, January 2016
https://youtu.be/E7MRgVf8qIY
It was fun in the sun at the annual swimming gala held on 5 February 2016. Residences showed off their colours and cheered their swimmers to victory.
Sports Editors Sumner Higginbotham ’16 and Nick Cipolla ’17 make a splash in the Campus Recreation pool to see if their swimming skills hold any water.
Polish Open Winter Swimming Championships
Silesia Winter Swimming 2016
January 23, 2016 Katowice
Ice-hole swimming is a traditional Russian fun. Winter swimmers are called “walruses” here. “Lipetsk Walrus Club” exists for over 60 years and since then a lot of people have joined our healthy lifestyle community. Winter swimming is popular not only among seniors but also among young people. Lipetsk ‘walruses’ enjoy the cold water as well as the cold air and go for a swim at any time of the day or night! :)
https://youtu.be/rBEV_bqbijk
Four-time Olympic Medalist and USA Swimming Foundation Ambassador, Cullen Jones, discusses the cultural barriers that influence the lack of African-American involvement in the sport of swimming. He shares his thoughts on the evolution of the sport and the necessary steps to make the sport more inclusive.
Carlos Tejada, a swimmer who has an intellectual disability with a degree of 65%, is considered to be one of the best sportsmen from the province of Almería. There are no boundaries for him, just hard work. He began to swim when he was 8 years old and started to compete at 12. Throughout all this time, he has won over 200 trophies, some of which are gold medals that he won in international adapted swimming competitions. He is champion of Spain in 1,500 metres freestyle and has participated in 54 championships of Spain. His friendliness, enthusiasm and capacity to overcome himself, have enabled him to gain recognition both in the social and sports spheres.
The Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority will host a job fair on Feb. 22 and March 1 to fill positions for the College World Series and Olympic Swim Trials.
