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In water this cold, especially without a wet suit isn't 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 it's mind over matter, you're not going to die, if you stay in too long, you can get hyper thermic, obviously, but the trick is not to do that. >> it's not as bad as i thought. >> reporter: over 400 swimmers compete in various short distance races. >> it's breaststroke and free style and then you have butterfly. in butterfly, it's special becau...

>> over 400 swimmers compete in various short distance races. >> it's breaststroke, it's freestyle, for the first time we also have butterfly. butterfly is a little bit special because then you're under the water. >> the hesitation before you go into the water where you say, no, you don't really want to do this. if you manage to do it, that's 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 winter olympics. the chinese already told us they would like to show winter swimming as a poten...

Condition. >> reporter: but swimming in water this cold, especially without a wet suit, isn't without risks. >> you swim the same way as you do but the difficulty is breathing because when you're 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 it's mind over matter. you're not going to die. if you stay in too long, you can get hypothermic. >> it wasn't as bad as i thought. >> reporter: over 400 swimmers compete in various short distance races. >> it's breaststroke, it's freestyle. for the first time w...

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