{"id":2431,"date":"2025-04-15T13:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/15\/swimmers-in-czech-republic-smash-world-record-for-largest-polar-bear-dip\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T13:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:00:32","slug":"swimmers-in-czech-republic-smash-world-record-for-largest-polar-bear-dip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/15\/swimmers-in-czech-republic-smash-world-record-for-largest-polar-bear-dip\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimmers in Czech Republic smash world record for largest &#039;polar bear dip&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-04-15 13:00:31<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>A total of 2,461 swimmers have broken the world record for the largest polar bear dip.<BR><br \/>\nAs confirmed by Guinness World Records, the gathering at Most Lake &#8211; the second largest lake in the Czech Republic &#8211; organised by freediver David Vencl beat the previous record of 1,799.<BR><br \/>\nDavid told the GWR website: &#8220;I am incredibly excited about the potential for future events like this one.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;The success of our Guinness World Records Swimmers in Czech Republic smash world record for largest &#039;polar bear dip&#039; attempt has shown that there is a strong and enthusiastic community for cold therapy in the Czech Republic.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nA polar bear dip involves entering a body of cold water, and to qualify as an official attempt, all participants &#8211; which included children, teens, adults and the elderly &#8211; needed to stay in the water for a full minute at the same time.<BR><br \/>\nDavid &#8211; who previously held the record for the longest swim under ice while holding your breath with no fins or diving suit &#8211; hopes to &#8220;inspire people to embrace cold therapy&#8221;.<BR><br \/>\nHe added: &#8220;I believe that organizing more events will continue to inspire people to embrace cold therapy and its benefits.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;These events not only promote physical and mental health but also foster a sense of community and togetherness.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;I look forward to collaborating with UNIQA and other partners to create more opportunities for people to come together, challenge themselves, and celebrate their achievements.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-04-15 13:00:31 A total of 2,461 swimmers have broken the world record for the largest polar bear dip. As confirmed by Guinness World Records, the gathering at Most Lake &#8211;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2433,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431\/revisions\/2433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}