“Czechs are a nation of polar swimmers,” said David Vencl, the organizer of the event.
2,461 participants in Czech Republic set record for largest polar bear dip
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This happens to freedivers sometimes, it's nothing terrible, I probably damaged my trachea a little, according to the doctors, there was also a slight swelling of the lungs, which is also nothing terrible,” Mr. Vencl explained in a post on his website, as translated by a computer.
Czech freediver sets second world record after plunging 170 feet into frozen lake without wetsuit
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