Pooling The Finest In Cold Water Swimming – Part 2
Courtesy of Irina Andreeva and Dmitry Blokhin of Murmansk, Russia.
From sprints to mid-distance events, the ice swimmers were impressive in the frozen confines at the inaugural Ice Swimming World Championships in the 0.8°C (33.4°F) water of Semenovskoe Lake in Murmansk.
For more videos of the races in Murmansk, visit here.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010).
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