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 ...

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 ...

Sharon Prahl was 21 when death nearly took her. She was biking cross-country with a friend in 1986 when she hit a rough patch and flipped her bike, fracturing her skull and injuring her spine. In the ...

There is a growing body of research on the physical benefits of going for a dip in chilly water, but now researchers are ...

People from the group Diptribe, who swim at South Cerney in Gloucestershire, have been waiting for temperatures to go below ...

Crushing an hour-long workout at 3 a.m., swimming in ice-cold water for extended periods, slashing calories to near-starvation levels—the world’s top athletes stop at nothing to level up. But one ...

As swimmers, a lot of pain is endured on the path to success, both physical and mental. And yet, perhaps the most excruciating part of the swimming world is a method used for recovery. Ice baths, also ...

American Olympian Keaton Jones set five world records and won four gold medals at this month’s International Ice Swimming Association World Championships. Among the record setters was Markus Rogan, ...

While evidence is building around the positive health effects of swimming in chilly water, bathing in ice or taking cold ...