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 sport is no stunt, as swimmer Mackenzie Koeck and her support crew learned in the yearlong runup of preparation.

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 ...

Aug. 3—Leszek Naziemiec is an avid ice swimmer. But even in the midst of summer, the 48-year-old from the northwest Poland village of Kołczewo couldn't resist a trip through the north Alaska ...

Taranaki swimmer Madeline Hobo is at the sixth International Ice Swimming Association world championships in Molveno in Northern Italy Ice swimmers compete in water temperatures below 5 degrees ...

Estonian swimmer Merle Liivand kicks through the waters of Lake Johanna in Arden Hills, Minn., during the inaugural MN Ice Swim on Feb. 22.

CHICAGO — 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 ...

Ice swimming participants are always at risk of hypothermia or afterdrop, the phenomenon where your body temperature continues to drop while rewarming after hypothermia. Before jumping headfirst into ...