PARIS, Oct 7 (Reuters) - With the price of gas soaring, swimming pools across France are lowering water temperatures or switching off heating altogether, which has left swimmers in one suburban Paris ...

With the price of gas soaring, swimming pools across France are turning down the heat. One suburban Paris outdoor pool has turned off the heating altogether and made wetsuits compulsory for swimmers.

When temperatures drop in open water, many triathletes will head back to the pool. But that’s a shame, because cold-water swimming has many benefits for our physical and mental health – you just need ...

Wearing a triathlon wetsuit makes you a faster swimmer because it provides additional buoyancy in the water, lifting up the body into a more streamlined position. But, it’s not quite so cut and dry as ...

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