Winter Swimming Championships


Over 670 swimmers, representing 21 countries took part in the world’s only international winter swimming championships, at Tooting Bec Lido in London this weekend. Conceived by the International Winter Swimming Association and Suomen Latu from Finland, this sixth biannual event was the first to be held outside Finland, but still had a very big Finnish presence. Around 300 swimmers travelled to the UK along with a special sauna and a hot tub imported especially for the championship. The championship is less about speed and more about coping with the cold, so to give amateurs a chance against the elite, and […]