Polar Cup Swimming Event: Brave the Cold for an Exciting Challenge

2024-01-30 08:04:02

– They are boiling hot for the first Polar Cup

Nearly 130 swimmers will set off at the beginning of March in a lake at 6 or 7 degrees. The bibs were torn off in no time.

Remy Brousoz

Published today at 9:04 a.m.

Eligio Novello, vice-president of the Polar Cup organizing committee, pays personally.

Jean-Paul Guinnard

Ten o’clock, Saturday morning, on the Place du Marché in Vevey. It’s the time when, wandering between the stalls, some people consider treating themselves to a small glass of Chasselas. But next Saturday, March 2, when the Grenette clock strikes ten times, some more adventurous souls will instead choose to venture into the waves of Lake Geneva. The 6 to 7 degrees of water will be well below the serving temperature of a Saint-Saph’.

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