Plunge into water at near-freezing temperatures, and your body goes into extreme distress. Your skin screams signals of pain. You can't breathe, because your chest is cramping up. Talking is nearly ...

In just a few short months, organizers of an ice swimming competition pulled together an event that brought together a hundred swimmers from all over the world. They competed on Saturday in an ...

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LAHOST, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Czech free-diver David Vencl swam nearly 81 metres (265.75 ft) beneath the ice on Tuesday, breaking the world record after braving the freezing water wearing only a ...

Jonty Warneken lost his left leg in a car crash at the age of 22 A man who lost his left leg in a car crash plans is to mark 30 years as an amputee by taking part in an international ice swimming ...

The sport involves swimming in water of five degrees Celsius or below, unassisted, with only a standard swimming costume, a silicon cap and a pair of goggles. Two doctors are risking hypothermia and ...

Arthur Guerin-Boeri on Thursday set a record for the world's longest under-ice swim. Guerin-Boeri completed the 120-meter swim in a lake in Finland in three minutes. He wore a wetsuit but no flippers, ...

BUTLER, Tenn. (WJHL) — Donald Winters probably broke a world record Tuesday, but the 66-year-old went through several minutes of agony in the process. “The first, oh, three-fourths of it went real ...

THE CHALLENGE. TED: THIS IS NOT YOUR AVERAGE POLAR PLUNGE. IT IS NOT BIG CROWDS. IT IS THREE PEOPLE SWIMMING IN 39 DEGREE WATER FOR A MILE. >> NATALIE. NATALIE. TED: FOR THE ICE MILE SWIM, THE RULES ...

Fit Nation: Around the World in 8 Races will air three times on Saturday, April 21, between 1 and 6 p.m. ET and one time between 5 and 6 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 22. Plunge into water at near-freezing ...

Czech free-diver David Vencl swam nearly 266 feet beneath ice on Tuesday, breaking the world record by braving freezing water in a disused quarry northwest of Prague in nothing but swim trunks and ...

Vencl said he felt great after emerging from his minute-and-half swim in water measured at 37 degrees Farenheit (3 C) and pumping his fist in celebration. The 38-year-old changed the location for the ...