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Courtesy of WOWSA, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. While the sporting world gears up for the Tokyo Olympic Games, it may surprise people that each governing body has different rules and regulations for the athletes in each sport and each discipline. Perhaps contrary to public assumptions, there are sport-specific COVID-19 regulations at the Olympics. […]
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Josef Köberl swam for 38 minutes In -0.23°C water at 3,216 meters in altitude in Hintertux Glacier in Austria.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The ICE Series – How Ice Swimmers Achieve the Impressive, Improbable, and Inconceivable is a WOWSA Live production. The ICE Series is a podcast and collaboration between the International Ice Swimming Association and the World Open Water Swimming Association to share information, education, and heroic activities in the global ice swimming community. The co-hosts for The
Josef Köberl will attempt to swim higher than the existing high-altitude Ice Mile record of Fergil Hesterman of the Netherlands and Troy Mayers of South Africa.
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The history of the Olympic marathon swim
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La Jolla Cove Swim Club 10-mile Relay is a popular West Coast competition held just north of San Diego, California.
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Paul Georgescu swam 100 km in a pool in Bucharest, Romania in 34 hours
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Josef Köberl will attempt to complete a freshwater Ice Mile at high altitude within the Hintertux Glacier in Austria.
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The International Ice Swimming Association defines a Polar Ice Mile as swims completed below 60°S or above 70°N
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Matthew Moseley swam 63.7 km down the Green River with a 16-person escort team in 14 hours 36 minutes.
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