Axel Reymond Shines At The 2020 French IISA Championships
Axel Reymond Shines At The 2020 French IISA Championships
Courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association, Lac des Bois aux Dames, Samoens, France.
The French IISA Championships were held on February 28th – 29th at Lac des Bois aux Dames in Samoens in 4.70°C water under the leadership of Jacques Tuset, Dr. Alexandre Fuzeau, and Florian Lucas.
Axel Reymond, the 25 km marathon swimming world champion, has dramatically changed the landscape of the ice swimming world with his fast Ice Kilometer at the 2020 IISA French Championships held in Lac des Bois aux Dames, Samoens.
The 26-year-old Frenchman, one of the top professional marathon swimmers in the world, swam the Ice Kilometer in 11 minutes 56.6 seconds.
1000m Freestyle Men’s Results:
1. Axel Reymond 11:56:60
2. Julien Zinsmeister 12:08:87
3. Christof Wandratsch 13:16:06
4. Alexandre Bermond 14:20:11
5. Guillaume Le Loher 14:41:40
6. David Fournier 14:42:36
7. Denis Colombe 15:07:72
8. Franck Louvel 15:12:35
9. Thierry Sache 16:39:25
10. Alain Simac-Lejeune 16:39:44
11. Frédéric Hervelin 16:46:60
12. François Robillot 16:49:82
13. Axel Vander Elst 16:55:84
14. Philippe Mayer 17:05:55
15. Arnaud Chassery 18:17:63
16. Francois Prima 19:59:73
17. William Bonnet 20:03:19
18. Etienne Schoeffter 20:41:86
19. Erick Warin 22:12:22
1000m Freestyle Women’s Results:
1. Lena Berthelot-Moritz 13:06:67
2. Marion Joffle 14:09:09
3. Helen Moore 16:25:58
4. Océane Frappa 16:25:81
5. Charlotte Hug 17:31:66
6. Valérie Giros 17:41:48
7. Karine Picchedda 19:27:57
8. Pascale Wartelle 23:40:82
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