2015 International Winter Swimming Festival Begins in Argentina

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Photo Courtesy: International Winter Swimming Festival

The International Winter Swimming Festival has started in Argentina. The event is held for the second time, as the first one was held in August 2014. During the previous festival, 60 of the strongest swimmers from around the world made their first swim in the lower lake of the Perito Moreno glacier, located 88 km from the town of El Calafate.

The Tyumen Region is represented by the head of the Tyumen Winter Swimming Federation Dmitry Dragozhilov. “At the moment, Russia is actively preparing for the upcoming anniversary Championships. At the festival we will show a presentation of the 10th Winter Swimming World Championships, which will take place in Tyumen in March 2016. Our city had been fighting for the right to host the Championships in its own land for two years, and when it’s already decided, we are ready to organize this global event on the highest level,” Dragozhilov said.

Last year the Russian delegation was represented by 13 swimmers from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tyumen and Ulyanovsk regions, Perm and Khabarovsk. This year more than 50 of the strongest athletes from 19 countries are meeting in Buenos Aires to participate in the Winter Swimming Festival, which will take place in three stages:

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Photo Courtesy: International Winter Swimming Festival

First heat:

The international relay from Uruguay to Argentina through the delta Rio De La Plata, 45 km (the approximate time of swim is 15-20 hours, water 6-10 ° C), is being held for the first time in history.

Second heat:

The distance swimming in the icy water with a temperature of 3-6° C for 25, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1,000 meters (not competition) is hosted in the province of Tucuman, where Ola Mathias (the main organizer) was born.

Third heat:

Several swimming distances of 25, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000m (non-competition) are held in the south of Patagonia in the province of El Calafate, near the largest glacier in the world Perito Moreno, where the water temperature is only 0-2 °C.

The festival is organized by the government of Argentina and the famous Argentine swimmer Ola Mathias in order to promote the festival in Argentina and South America.

The above article is a press release submitted to Swimming World. To reach our audience, contact us at newsmaster@swimmingworld.com.

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