"Superhuman" from Cape Town: African-born man helps Russian national team prepare for Winter Swimming World Championship

He dives into the water where the ocean begins to freeze. Ram Barkai, a former mathematician and businessman, heads the International Ice Swimming Association and sets world records in the planet’s coldest bodies of water.  

What attracts this athlete to this extreme sport? And why does he prefer not to wear a wetsuit?    

Details in our report.

TV BRICS reporters: Darya Petrachkova, Leonid Samuna

TV BRICS cameramen: Nikita Dmitrov, Daniil Amangulov

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