The first cold wave in 2021 hit Beijing on Wednesday.
The highest temperature dropped to minus 17℃, with a wind level of 8 to 9.
Some winter swimming fans smashed the ice on a frozen lake in Shichahai, a historic spot in downtown Beijing.
An elderly winter swimming fan, nearly 70, has maintained this habit for about 20 years. He once challenged winter swimming at minus 25℃.
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Despite his long career in freediving, Boris Milosic (Croatia) still had to train five times a week in preparation for this attempt to set a new record for the furthest distance walked underwater in one breath.
A Raleigh man was arrested for sexually assaulting a child he coached at a swim club in High Point, police said in a news release.
Aaron Philip Key, 27, of Raleigh, is charged with 12 counts of statutory sex offense with a child by an adult and six counts of indecent liberties with a child.
On Nov. 2, 2020, a juvenile victim reported being sexually assaulted over multiple years by their swim club coach.
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A group of elderly swimmers jump into Beijing’s freezing waters as the mercury dips to minus 11 degrees centigrade just past midday, ahead of the coldest lows in three decades expected Wednesday night.
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