Alexander Brylin Archives – World Open Water Swimming Association

Another Pioneering Success: 221 km Swim To Victory 2021

Steven Munatones 05/22/2021 No Comment

The Black Sea Landing of Victory relay (or the Swim to Victory 2021) was a 221 km relay across the Black Sea in Crimea ending in Sevastopol, dedicated to the 76th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the 77th anniversary of the liberation of from Nazi invaders, organized by the Interregional Association for Cold Swimming (Russia) and the International Ice Swimming Association that was completed by four teams of 40 swimmers who came from Russia, Armenia, Belarus and Azerbaijan in May 2021.

555 km Black Sea Victory Relay Lives Up To Its Name

Steven Munatones 11/14/2020 No Comment

555 km Black Sea Victory Relay Lives Up To Its Name Courtesy of Akimov Vitaly, Novorossiysk-to-Sevastopol, Russia. Akimov Vitaly, Alexandr Brylin, were part of an international team of over 50 swimmers that finished a three-stage 555 km relay that started in Novorossiysk on October 21st and finished on November 7th in the city of Sevastopol in the Black

Sights From The Two-stage Russia-to-Japan Swim

Steven Munatones 01/22/2020 No Comment

> > Sights From The Two-stage Russia-to-Japan Swim Courtesy of Alexander Brylin, La Pérouse Strait, Russia-to-Japan. Alexander Brylin, one of the world's most renowned ice swimmers and one of its most active ambassadors, provided photos from the cross-border channel relay through the La Pérouse Strait between Sakhalin, Russia and

Two-stage Russia-to-Japan Swim With Alexander Brylin

Steven Munatones 06/16/2019 No Comment

Two-stage Russia-to-Japan Swim With Alexander Brylin Courtesy of Alexander Brylin, La Pérouse Strait, Russia-to-Japan. Alexander Brylin, one of the world's most famous ice swimmers and one of its most eloquent ambassadors, announced less than one month remains before the start of the 42.8 km international relay through the Laperuz Strait between Sakhalin,

International Swim Across La Pérouse Channel

Steven Munatones 10/08/2018 No Comment

International Swim Across La Pérouse Channel Courtesy of Alexander Brylin, Sakhalin, Russia. Alexander Brylin is organizing the International Swim across the La Pérouse Channel, an unprecedented 40 km international relay between Sakhalin, Russia and Hokkaido, Japan in September 2019. Brylin explains the preparations for the 20+ person relay across La

Ice Swimming Exhibition At Winter Olympics Cancelled

Steven Munatones 01/16/2014 No Comment

A number of renowned ice swimmers were invited to participate in a demonstration ice swimming event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games on February 2nd. The ice swimmers had planned to swim with a number of national flags behind the Olympic Torch to help usher in the Winter Olympics. Unfortunately, due to terroristic acts in Vogograd and the subsequent

Open Water Swimming’s Presence At 2014 Winter Olympics

Steven Munatones 12/08/2013 No Comment

A number of renowned ice swimmers are invited to participate in a demonstration event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games on February 2nd. The ice swimmers will swim with a number of national flags behind the Olympic Torch to help usher in the Winter Olympics. Ice swimmers Alexander Brylin and Sergey Popov are shown participating in a flag-carrying

Breaststroke The Hard Way

Steven Munatones 11/21/2013 No Comment

With the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games coming up, the Olympic torch is being carried to the home of the 2014 Winter Olympics. It was carried over ice-cold rivers and mountains on its way to Sochi with the help of famed Russian ice swimmers Alexander Brylin and Sergey Popov. They both served as the Russian representatives on the Bering Strait

The Hardening And Passion Of Alexander Brylin

Steven Munatones 11/19/2013 No Comment

With the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games only 80 days away, snow, skiing and skating are starting to formulate in the minds of sports fans around the world. Cold and competition will come to a head in Sochi next February. As as the Olympic torch relay is carried on its way to Sochi, famed ice swimmer Alexander Brylin of Russia is lending his considerable

Ice Swimming At The Winter Olympics

Steven Munatones 09/26/2013 No Comment

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We do not think the water temperature at a potential ice swim at the Winter Olympics needs to be a specific water temperature. The water could be near 0ºC or 3ºC or 5ºC or even higher. The dramatic visuals of swimsuit-only athletes, protected by only their own hardened bioprene, swimming in an alpine

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