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 ceremony in 2ºC (35.6ºF) water with fragments of ice floating about in the Amur River.

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