Snow Swimming Around the World

Swimmers are, well, different. They spend more time in the water than on land, and swim further than they walk or run on a daily basis. The swimmer in the swim video above is the real-deal. He clearly has the swimmer body type, hair, swimsuit, etc. Love his dad begging him not to do it in the background! The only description from youtube is:

What happens when a swimmer doesn’t swim for a few days?

How true is that?

Snow Swimming or Swim Team Snow Runs are a tradition for a lot of teams. I did it — back in the day — with my old prepschool team, The Mercersburg Academy. If your team does it, send us the video and we’ll post!  Here are a few of my favorites.

Snow swimming Championship in Finland 2013 (perhaps the most famous snow swimming video yet):

Snow Butterfly Swimming (which pulled in a big audience on SwimSwam):

Masters Swimming Indy Aquatic Masters Snow Practice (29 degrees out, and only wet swim suits to keep these Masters swimmers warm):

Snow swimming in Lapinlahti, Finland:

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About Gold Medal Mel Stewart

Gold Medal Mel Stewart

MEL STEWART Jr., aka Gold Medal Mel, won three Olympic medals at the 1992 Olympic Games. Mel's best event was the 200 butterfly. He is a former World, American, and NCAA Record holder in the 200 butterfly. As a writer/producer and sports columnist, Mel has contributed to Yahoo Sports, Universal Sports, …

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