Russian woman sets world record for swimming under ice without a wetsuit.

Muscovite Ekaterina Nekrasova on Lake Baikal set a world record for swimming under ice without a wetsuit, reported on January 11, the REN TV channel.

Nekrasova swam the breaststroke under water 85 m in a swimsuit, which is a world record for women.

The previous record was 70 m.

At the time of the swim, the air temperature in the Baikal area was about -30 degrees, and the water temperature was 0.02 degrees Celsius. ( according www.iz.ru)