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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 ...
2024: Winter Swimming World Championship, 3rd place Ice Swimming in 200m and 450m freestyle age category 35-39, water temp. 0.2 degrees, Tallinn, Estonia [43] [44] 2023: IISA 5th World Championships, 1st place in Ice Swimming (50m and 100m Butterfly) age category 35-39, Samoens, France [ 35 ] [ 36 ]
Some people are much better prepared to survive sudden exposure to very cold water due to body and mental characteristics and due to conditioning. [1] In fact, cold water swimming (also known as ice swimming or winter swimming) is a sport and an activity that reportedly can lead to several health benefits when done regularly. [4]
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 ...
Christmas's Day swim at Exmouth. In the UK, the majority of winter swimming events take place on Christmas Day or Boxing Day, [25] with many hundreds of people swimming in the sea at the largest events in Exmouth, Lowestoft and Brighton. [26] [27] An annual "Loony Dook" takes place in South Queensferry, Scotland, on New Year's Day.
Ice mile is a swimming term and is defined as British Mile, swimming in water with a temperature of 5.0 °C (41.0 °F) or lower, under IISA Swimming Rules and Regulations. [ 1 ] Rules
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