site.btaMarathon Swimmer Stoychev Wins 1,000 Metres Race in Svalbard Ice Swimming Adventure

Bulgaria’s most decorated marathon swimmer Petar Stoychev added another gold medal to his collection.

Stoychev won the Svalbard Ice Swimming Adventure, one of the open water events in the calendar of the International Ice Swimming Association. The competition was held in Arctic waters near the Norwegian island of Svalbard.

The Bulgarian swimmer beat 19 other participants from all over the world to win the 1,000-metre race, stopping the clock at 14:25 minutes.

The competition was held at a sub-zero water temperature (seawater freezes at about -2C), while the air temperature was -15C.