Vadim Lisovoy and Vadim Ilyuschenko reported on the results of the recent Tyumen Open Winter Swimming Cup 2013 where the following swimmers competed in water at 0.8ºC (33.4ºF) in Siberia:

Whereas most humans would be struggling to merely survive for a few moments at 0.8ºC, these swimmers are racing and pushing themselves to levels that are unimaginable to anyone but these elite athletes.

Men’s results in the famed ice hole:
1. Henri Kaarma (Estonia) 2,400 meters in 41:57:09

2. Andrey Sychev (Russia) swam 1,850 meters in 46:37:82
3. Ram Barkai (South Africa) swam 1,500 m in 28:32:94

Women’s results in the famed ice hole:
1. Alina Tsyplenkova (Russia) swam 1,050 meters in 32:42:19
2. Elena Semenova (Russia) swam 950 meters in 32:41:98
3. Natalia Gray (Russia) swam 800 meters in 24:00:84
4. Olga Sokolova (Russia) swam 700 meters in 22:49:53
5. Elena Guseva (Russia) swam 600 meters in 12:29:37
6. Tatiana Chistyakov (Russia) swam 550 meters in 20:17:44

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