Exploits of the ice man
2 years, 10 months ago

Exploits of the ice man

China Daily  

What sets Xing Yuesheng apart from most of the others who engage in his sport is that he is a year all rounder. Winter swimming started to appear as a group activity in Beijing in the 1950s. Pre-work gymnastics, inter-work gymnastics, long-distance running, soccer and basketball, cross-country running, table tennis, rope skipping, gymnastics and ice sports were among them, and Beijing was soon organizing winter swimming citywide. In the 1960s the number of winter swimming enthusiasts in Beijing increased, producing mass winter swimming organizations. In January 1970, one day after heavy snowfall, Beijing's earliest winter swimming team, the Bayi Lake Winter Swimming Team, was established on the east bank of Bayi Lake.

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Exploits of the ice man
2 years, 10 months ago

Exploits of the ice man

China Daily  

The Hero Medal is awarded to Xing Yuesheng in the Sino-Russian International Winter Swimming Open. In 2017, he won fourth place in the Hong Kong Open Water Winter Swimming Championship, his southernmost competing site. In 2018, he traveled to China's northernmost ice swimming training base in Jiagedaqi district, Greater Khingan Mountains, and came fourth in the 50-meter breaststroke in an …

Exploits of the ice man
2 years, 10 months ago

Exploits of the ice man

China Daily  

On Feb 13, Xing Yuesheng holds the flag of the 24th Beijing Winter Olympics, intent on making a splash as he expresses his joy that the Winter Olympics are unfolding successfully. On Jan 14, 1979, Beijing held its first-ever winter swimming performance to the warm applause of more than 3,000 spectators. At the 10th Winter Swimming Performance Competition in 1988, …

Exploits of the ice man
2 years, 10 months ago

Exploits of the ice man

China Daily  

What sets Xing Yuesheng apart from most of the others who engage in his sport is that he is a year all rounder. "The National Winter Swimming Championship is the ultimate in the country, and there's some really top-notch competition," Xing says. He is particularly good in outdoor winter swimming and open water swimming competitions, he says, and has won …

Exploits of the ice man
2 years, 10 months ago

Exploits of the ice man

China Daily  

What sets Xing Yuesheng apart from most of the others who engage in his sport is that he is a year all rounder. The Beijing Winter Swimming Club has 23 winter swimming teams and about 1,200 registered members. The Beijing Water Authority supports eight winter swimming sites in Beijing, Longtan Lake Moat, being one of them. "In need of a …

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