Winter swimmers of the Murmansk region went to St. Petersburg for the first competitions of the season

The team of the Murmansk region in winter swimming arrived in St. Petersburg for the all-Russian competitions “Ledostav-2026”. This was reported by the press service of the Winter Swimming Federation of the Murmansk region.

The tournament was the qualifying stage for the IISA World Championship, which will be held in January 2027 in the Romanian city of Oradea.

The team consists of 13 athletes. They are trained by Alexander Osipenko.

The team included Ekaterina Krutova, Alexandra Tamazova, Evdokia Brovkova, Vladislav Sapozhnikov, Roman Brovko, Gleb Chumarikov, Makar Marchenko, Georgy Himalov and Ilya Kaidalov. For the first time, four people will compete in winter swimming. These are Vyacheslav Chumak, Ivan Sadomets, Anastasia Kutova and Maya Shishkanova.

Earlier, “MK in Murmansk” said that the Olenegorsk skater flew to Beijing for the first stage of the World Cup.