Competitive ice swimming has only been in existence for ten years. To compete, swimmers can only wear a standard swim suit, goggles and a swim cap as they dive into water that’s less than forty degrees Fahrenheit. Natalie Bomke reports.
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Sofía Rocks the Bahamas | Daan Verhoeven
Sofía Gómez Uribe is a Colombian world record holding freediver. She was in Dean’s blue hole in the Bahamas for Vertical blue, the most prestigious freediving competition of the year, where she came third overall. After the comp, we stayed an extra day to film this – the fourth installment in the ‘Sofía rocks’ series. Sofía hopes to return to VB this year, and crack the 100 meters. She also has a freediving school in Dominica called Deep Dominica.
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Thousands of “Walrus” Swimmers Gather for Annual Polish Winter Swim | Arirang News
Moving on to Poland where a record crowd of almost 9-thousand people gathered for the 20th International Winter Swimming Rally.
Taking place in the northwestern town of Mielno on Sunday, local time the event saw swimmers, from nations including Germany, Ireland, and Hungary plunge into the Baltic Sea with water temperatures of 2 degrees Celsius.
The traditional cold swim is called “morsowanie” in Polish and swimmers are nicknamed “walruses”.
The icy plunge is meant to improve health and boost immunity.
Sunday’s event also included a parade through the local town fitness classes, and a jacuzzi and sauna zone.
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Rockford East’s Camden Taylor Closes the Deal; Holds Every Nic-10 Swimming Record | Eyewitness News WTVO WQRF
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Freediver Shows off Superb Gymnastic Skills Underwater | ABC7
Footage recently recorded at a diving center in Phuket showed a professional diver performing some spectacular underwater gymnastics.
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Women Battle Cultural Barriers Discouraging Them From Swimming | ITV News
A special report on the women who are battling the cultural barriers stopping them from swimming.
Research shared with ITV News shows people from ethnic communities are far less likely to be able to swim than white people.
From pools reluctant to allow women to wear more modest swimming costumes, to racist attitudes held by teachers, discrimination is excluding many.
And there are now growing calls for governing bodies to finally take action to address the issues, as Sangita Lal explains.
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The Red Algae Warning for Swimmers and Surfers on the Great Ocean Road | 7NEWS
Victorians have been warned not to swim at surf coast beaches after an algal bloom turned the sea red. The rare phenomenon looks spectacular but can be toxic to people’s skin.
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Howard U. Swim Team Looks Toward Northeastern Conference Title | NBC4 Washington
Howard University’s swim team is the only all-Black college swim team in the country, and they’re on the cusp of a huge achievement. News4’s Mark Segraves spoke with the coach who’s leading the way.
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Play Like a Girl: Catching Up With Gold Medalist Breeja Larson | 12 News
With the Valley being the center of the sports universe this week, we caught up with gold medal-winning swimmer Breeja Larson.