Thank You For All Your Support!
12 February 2025
Thank you so much for all your support in helping me represent NZ at the World Ice Swimming Championships, it is greatly appreciated!
It was such a cool experience to swim on the international stage and race against swimmers from all over the world. The temperature in the pool ranged from 0.7 to just over 2°C throughout the event and before racing started a layer of ice up to 10cm thick had to be cleared from the pool! While definitely extremely cold, I thought it was a great physical and mental challenge and excellent opportunity to help me improve as an overall swimmer.
My results from the event were:
250 freestyle - 1st in age group (18-24 years), 2nd overall
500 freestyle - 1st in age group (18-24 years), 2nd overall, new age group world record of 6:18.08
100 butterfly - 1st in age group (18-24 years), 1st overall
200 individual medley - 1st in age group (18-24 years), 1st overall, new open and age group world record of 2:38.55
The Frozen Ferns, NZ's national ice swimming team, performed incredibly well at the championships, finishing fourth on the overall medal table, and the team culture and support made for a great trip. Molveno was a beautiful location, with the mountains and lake offering a stunning backdrop to the pool and getting to taste Italian pizza, pasta and gelato was a delicious bonus!
Thank you again for all the support! I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to rep the fern and look forward to hopefully doing it many more times!
Emilia :)