Racing In The Dark And Ice
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. During the relays performed at 0ºC temperatures at the 2015 Tyumen Open Water Swimming Cup in Siberia, Russia last week, the relays were conducted in the dark.
Nuala Moore of Ireland recalls, “The relays were amazing to watch in the ice. The Russians from the Novosibirsk Team in Eastern Russia were so fabulous. They are always smiling. They go in and just break the ice.
It’s not easy doing a backstroke leg in the ice in the dark at this speed. But they talk the swimmer up and then protect the last backstroke on the edge so they don’t hurt themselves.”
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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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