Winter swimming has its own festival now, and the third edition of the Ayia Napa event is approaching soon. Winter swimmers from Cyprus and abroad – as the festival has an international character – ...

As the temperature in Beijing hit -7C on Tuesday, 62-year-old Yang Zi stripped down to his swimming briefs and plunged into a frozen lake, as dozens of residents do every winter. Yang, a retiree, told ...

The current cold snap has often brought the hardy out for a spot of winter swimming, if social media is anything to go by.

Cold-water swimming is gaining followers across Europe. On Croatia’s Adriatic coast, one group has been promoting its health benefits for more than two decades. (AP video shot by Relja Dusek) Former ...

Scores of plucky swimmers plunged into 2026 early Thursday by stripping to their bathing suits in the near-freezing temperatures at DeLeon Springs State Park and jumping into the steamy water. “You’ve ...

Amid war, displacement and loss, residents take to the Mediterranean each morning in a bid to reclaim hope, health and a ...

The 2025 Oregon high school swimming season has began and girls swimmers across the Willamette Valley are back in the pool aiming for successful winters. West Salem is fresh off a Central Valley ...