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In water this cold, especially without a wet suit isnt without risks. >> you swim the same way you do in regular swimming, but you need to keep breathing, so when you get in cold water, you have to train to breathe very quickly. >> you need to remember its mind over matter, youre not going to die, if you stay in too long, you can get hyper thermic, obviously, but the trick is not to do that. >> its not as bad as i thought. >> reporter: over 400 swimmers compete in various short distance races. >...

>> over 400 swimmers compete in various short distance races. >> its breaststroke, its freestyle, for the first time we also have butterfly. butterfly is a little bit special because then youre under the water. >> the hesitation before you go into the water where you say, no, you dont really want to do this. if you manage to do it, thats a really good thing. >> with the growing popularity of the sport, there is hope for a grander stage in the years to come. >> we hope when in beijing it will be ...

Condition. >> reporter: but swimming in water this cold, especially without a wet suit, isnt without risks. >> you swim the same way as you do but the difficulty is breathing because when youre in cold water, your lungs cramp so you have to train to be able to breathe very quickly. >> when you get into the water, you need to remember its mind over matter. youre not going to die. if you stay in too long, you can get hypothermic. >> it wasnt as bad as i thought. >> reporter: over 400 swimmers comp...

You dont really want to do this. if you manage to do it, its a really good thing. >> reporter: with the growing popularity of the sport, theres hope for a grander stage in the years to come. >> we hope were in beijing, winter olympics. chinese already told us they would like to show the winter swimming as a potential new sport. theres little rest for a single dad. and back pain made it hard to sleep and get up on time. then i found aleve pm. the only one to combine a safe sleep aid... ...plus th...

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