Participants of the first Winter Swimming Festival, held in Pengshan County, Sichuan Province, do warm-up exercise before an Aquathon relay on December 26, 2009. The two-day event is joined by 41 winter swimming teams from cities and counties such as Chengdu, Mianyan, Leshan, with the number of participants exceeding 1,000.
Participants compete during a game of the first Winter Swimming Festival in Pengshan, Sichuan on December 26, 2009.
Participants wait to jump into the river to compete in a game of the first Winter Swimming Festival in Pengshan, Sichuan on December 26, 2009.