Within the scope of Prague’s Christmas swimming competition, about 350 brave swimmers jumped into the Vltava River of Czech and raced against powerful current while temperatures showed 4.9 degree Celsius. Participants from every age and various countries such as Belgium, Austria and Slovakia completed the race by swimming 1150 meters in three courses in accompany with crowd’s applauds.

“I am organizing this event for the 20th time. Before COVID, the numbers were increasing every year. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we managed to keep the tradition, so we organized it for 2 years and the numbers decreased logically. After the pandemic, the number of participants went up again. But I don’t think the number of participants today will be surpassed as the number of registrants is 420 compared to 431 before the COVID,” says Tomas Prokop.