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Courtesy of WOWSA, Burghausen, Germany. One of the most enjoyable aspects at the 2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Burghausen, Germany, was the music and race commentary that was being constantly offered during the competition. The music ranged from solemn, slow beats when the swimmers were walking on deck before their races to […]
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Courtesy of www.hd-production.at at the Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Burghausen, Germany. “I have seen swimming at the Olympics, world championships, FINA competitions, NCAA events, solo marathon swims, ultra-marathon relays, and extreme swims of various types all over the world, but nothing was as impressive and inspirational as the swims at the Ice
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Burghausen, Germany. On Day One of the 2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Burghausen, Germany, the sun was out only to give way to air temperatures that plunged down to -11°C (12°F). On Day Two of the championships that attracted athletes from 62-year-old Jackie Cobell to 4-time Olympian Petar Stoychev,
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