In order to help his athletes prepare for cold water training, Beijing Sports University’s renowned marathon swimmer Zhang Jian and his colleagues at Beijing Sports University acclimate as best they can be purposefully turning off the pool heater and then enhancing the situation by pouring ice into the pool. 10 tons of ice to be […]

On August 9th, Zhang Jian from China, a professor at the Beijing Sports University, set another marathon swimming record by swimming an unprecedented 50K across the Xing Kai Lake in Heilongjiang Province. He took 36:30 to swim across the lake in a wetsuit. An English-language news report is here. Zhang’s career has been remarkable and