Courtesy of Irina Andreeva and Dmitry Blokhin of Murmansk, Russia.

From sprints to mid-distance events, the ice swimmers were impressive in the frozen confines at the inaugural Ice Swimming World Championships in the 0.8°C (33.4°F) water of Semenovskoe Lake in Murmansk.

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