A participant competes in the icy waters of Lake Semyonovskoye during the 2025 Russian Winter Swimming Championships as part of the 90th Festival of the North in Murmansk, Russia.20.03.2025#8884085
Participants compete in the icy waters of Lake Semyonovskoye during the 2025 Russian Winter Swimming Championships as part of the 90th Festival of the North in Murmansk, Russia.20.03.2025#8884086
A girl poses for a photo during the 2025 Russian Winter Swimming Championships as part of the 90th Festival of the North at Lake Semyonovskoye in Murmansk, Russia.20.03.2025#8884079
Participants compete in the icy waters of Lake Semyonovskoye during the 2025 Russian Winter Swimming Championships as part of the 90th Festival of the North in Murmansk, Russia.20.03.2025#8884081
A participant competes in the icy waters of Lake Semyonovskoye during the 2025 Russian Winter Swimming Championships as part of the 90th Festival of the North in Murmansk, Russia.20.03.2025#8884078
Ice swimmer Vladislav Sapozhnikov reacts after competing in the icy waters of Lake Semyonovskoye during the 2025 Russian Winter Swimming Championships as part of the 90th Festival of the North in Murmansk, Russia.20.03.2025#8884088
Ice swimmer Vladislav Sapozhnikov, left, competes in the icy waters of Lake Semyonovskoye during the 2025 Russian Winter Swimming Championships as part of the 90th Festival of the North in Murmansk, Russia.20.03.2025#8884089
A participant gets out of the icy waters of Lake Semyonovskoye during the 2025 Russian Winter Swimming Championships as part of the 90th Festival of the North in Murmansk, Russia.20.03.2025#8884041
A participant competes in the icy waters of Lake Semyonovskoye during the 2025 Russian Winter Swimming Championships as part of the 90th Festival of the North in Murmansk, Russia.20.03.2025#8884040
A participant competes in the icy waters of Lake Semyonovskoye during the 2025 Russian Winter Swimming Championships as part of the 90th Festival of the North in Murmansk, Russia.20.03.2025#8884042
A participant competes in the icy waters of Lake Semyonovskoye during the 2025 Russian Winter Swimming Championships as part of the 90th Festival of the North in Murmansk, Russia.20.03.2025#8884045
A participant competes in the icy waters of Lake Semyonovskoye during the 2025 Russian Winter Swimming Championships as part of the 90th Festival of the North in Murmansk, Russia.20.03.2025#8884093
A participant competes in the icy waters of Lake Semyonovskoye during the 2025 Russian Winter Swimming Championships as part of the 90th Festival of the North in Murmansk, Russia.20.03.2025#8884084
A participant competes in the icy waters of Lake Semyonovskoye during the 2025 Russian Winter Swimming Championships as part of the 90th Festival of the North in Murmansk, Russia.20.03.2025#8884091
Participants compete in the icy waters of Lake Semyonovskoye during the 2025 Russian Winter Swimming Championships as part of the 90th Festival of the North in Murmansk, Russia.20.03.2025#8884051
77-year-old Vyacheslav Tikhonov from Svetlogorsk, multiple winter swimming champion and world record holder, gestures during the 2025 Russian Winter Swimming Championships as part of the 90th Festival of the North at Lake Semyonovskoye in Murmansk, Russia.20.03.2025#8884049
A winter swimming enthusiast swims in the icy waters of the Neva River during the 2025 Big Neva Cup of Ice Swimming in St. Petersburg, Russia.28.02.2025#8868287
A winter swimming enthusiast swims in the icy waters of the Neva River during the 2025 Big Neva Cup of Ice Swimming in St. Petersburg, Russia.28.02.2025#8868288
A winter swimming enthusiast swims in the icy waters of the Neva River during the 2025 Big Neva Cup of Ice Swimming in St. Petersburg, Russia.28.02.2025#8868289
A winter swimming enthusiast swims in the icy waters of the Neva River during the 2025 Big Neva Cup of Ice Swimming in St. Petersburg, Russia.28.02.2025#8868290
A winter swimming enthusiast swims in the icy waters of the Neva River during the 2025 Big Neva Cup of Ice Swimming in St. Petersburg, Russia.28.02.2025#8868291
Winter swimming enthusiasts warm up during the 2025 Big Neva Cup of Ice Swimming in St. Petersburg, Russia.28.02.2025#8868356
Winter swimming enthusiasts swim in the icy waters of the Neva River during the 2025 Big Neva Cup of Ice Swimming in St. Petersburg, Russia.28.02.2025#8868292
A winter swimming enthusiast swims in the icy waters of the Neva River during the 2025 Big Neva Cup of Ice Swimming in St. Petersburg, Russia.28.02.2025#8868293
A winter swimming enthusiast swims in the icy waters of the Neva River during the 2025 Big Neva Cup of Ice Swimming in St. Petersburg, Russia.28.02.2025#8868295
A winter swimming enthusiast swims in the icy waters of the Neva River during the 2025 Big Neva Cup of Ice Swimming in St. Petersburg, Russia.28.02.2025#8868354
A winter swimming enthusiast swims in the icy waters of the Neva River during the 2025 Big Neva Cup of Ice Swimming in St. Petersburg, Russia.28.02.2025#8868297
A winter swimming enthusiast swims in the icy waters of the Neva River during the 2025 Big Neva Cup of Ice Swimming in St. Petersburg, Russia.28.02.2025#8868355
A winter swimming enthusiast swims in the icy waters of the Neva River during the 2025 Big Neva Cup of Ice Swimming in St. Petersburg, Russia.28.02.2025#8868298
A winter swimming enthusiast swims in the icy waters of the Neva River during the 2025 Big Neva Cup of Ice Swimming in St. Petersburg, Russia.28.02.2025#8868286
Spectators watch as winter swimming enthusiasts compete in the icy waters of the Neva River during the 2025 Big Neva Cup of Ice Swimming in St. Petersburg, Russia.28.02.2025#8868299
A winter swimming enthusiast swims in the icy waters of the Neva River during the 2025 Big Neva Cup of Ice Swimming in St. Petersburg, Russia.28.02.2025#8868302
A participant holds a smoke flare during the 2025 Big Neva Cup of Ice Swimming in St. Petersburg, Russia.28.02.2025#8868301
People take part in a swimming event in the Sea of Azov organised by the All-Russian Winter Swimming Federation during celebrations marking the National Unity Day, in Mariupol, Donetsk People's Republic, Russia.04.11.2024#8798122
A woman takes part in a swimming event in the Sea of Azov organised by the All-Russian Winter Swimming Federation during celebrations marking the National Unity Day, in Mariupol, Donetsk People's Republic, Russia.04.11.2024#8798117
A winter swimming enthusiast swims in the icy waters of the Neva river during the Big Neva Cup of Ice Swimming in St.Petersburg, Russia.24.02.2023#8377507
A member of the regional sports and health club for swimming in cold water 'Megapolus' drinks cold water while sitting on the edge of an ice hole on the Yenisei River at an air temperature below minus 20 degrees Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit) in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.12.02.2022#8112820
Members of the regional sports and health club for swimming in cold water 'Megapolus' pose for a photo on the ice of the Yenisei River at an air temperature below minus 20 degrees Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit) in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.12.02.2022#8112797
Members of the regional sports and health club for swimming in cold water 'Megapolus' pose for a photo on the ice of the Yenisei River at an air temperature below minus 20 degrees Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit) in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.12.02.2022#8112799
A member of the regional sports and health club for swimming in cold water 'Megapolus' poses while sitting on the edge of an ice hole on the Yenisei River at an air temperature below minus 20 degrees Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit) in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.12.02.2022#8112778
A member of the regional sports and health club for swimming in cold water 'Megapolus' poses while swimming in the Yenisei River at an air temperature below minus 20 degrees Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit) in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.12.02.2022#8112805
A member of the regional sports and health club for swimming in cold water 'Megapolus' swims in the Yenisei River at an air temperature below minus 20 degrees Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit) in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.12.02.2022#8112775
A member of the regional sports and health club for swimming in cold water 'Megapolus' poses while swimming in the Yenisei River at an air temperature below minus 20 degrees Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit) in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.12.02.2022#8112783
A member of the regional sports and health club for swimming in cold water 'Megapolus' poses while swimming in the Yenisei River at an air temperature below minus 20 degrees Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit) in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.12.02.2022#8112810
A member of the regional sports and health club for swimming in cold water 'Megapolus' poses while swimming in the Yenisei River at an air temperature below minus 20 degrees Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit) in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.12.02.2022#8112811
A member of the regional sports and health club for swimming in cold water 'Megapolus' poses while swimming in the Yenisei River at an air temperature below minus 20 degrees Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit) in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.12.02.2022#8112812
A man is pictured after surfing in the Chernyshev Bay of Russky Island, in Vladivostok, Russia.13.01.2021#6437276
A surfer rides a wave in the Chernyshev Bay of Russky Island, in Vladivostok, Russia.13.01.2021#6437289
A surfer rides a wave in the Chernyshev Bay of Russky Island, in Vladivostok, Russia.13.01.2021#6437288
A surfer rides a wave in the Chernyshev Bay of Russky Island, in Vladivostok, Russia.13.01.2021#6437287
A surfer rides a wave in the Chernyshev Bay of Russky Island, in Vladivostok, Russia.13.01.2021#6437286
A surfer rides a wave in the Chernyshev Bay of Russky Island, in Vladivostok, Russia.13.01.2021#6437285
A surfer rides a wave in the Chernyshev Bay of Russky Island, in Vladivostok, Russia.13.01.2021#6437284
A surfer rides a wave in the Chernyshev Bay of Russky Island, in Vladivostok, Russia.13.01.2021#6437283
A man is pictured after surfing in the Chernyshev Bay of Russky Island, in Vladivostok, Russia.13.01.2021#6437292
A surfer warms up before riding a wave in the Chernyshev Bay of Russky Island, in Vladivostok, Russia.13.01.2021#6437280
