New Zealand's inaugural ice swim championships have been held in Alexandra.supplied / Stuff Swimming a kilometre in waters below 4C isn’t everybody's idea of winter fun, but New Zealand’s inaugural ...

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Olympic medalist Markus Rogan and training partner Michael Donaldson were among the swimmers to set ice swimming records in Austria recently. Rogan swam 111.2 meter under ice, a number he chose to ...