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 ...

The United States’ hopes for extending its long Olympic medal streak in the men’s 200-meter backstroke rest on the shoulders of an ice swimmer. Keaton Jones, a 19-year-old Olympic rookie, is the last ...

Kate Steels, 53, shares the powerful, heartbreaking reason she faces the cold. My two childhood dreams were to swim the English channel and travel to Antarctica, so my love for ice swimming makes ...

Ice swimming is the fastest growing extreme aquatic sport. Tens of thousands of swimmers now hit the cold water daily and before the COVID restrictions, thousands traveled to events from Siberia to ...

There is nothing intuitive about stripping down to a swimsuit in sub-zero temperatures, but it’s an essential part of ice swimming. With no shortage of courage and a strong devotion to wellness, ice ...

Claire Bustin, Michelle Leach, Amy Mellor and Adam Boon (left to right) have been competing in Finland, supported by Adam's son (rear) Four ice swimmers from Northamptonshire are competing for the ...

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 ...

Qing Li always wanted to compete in the Olympics. The 35-year-old grew up surrounded by swimming greats and even got to meet a few Olympic swimmers before she turned 10. From a young age, Li competed ...

Longtime Juneau resident Cheryl Fellman has run a marathon, hiked the Appalachian Trail, climbed large mountains and completed challenging open-water swims. Now, this mother of two is on the verge of ...