Russia’s Yevgeny Bezruchenko reveals five secrets of long-distance swimming

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Yevgeny Bezruchenko, a two-time world open water swimming champion and the director of Moscow’s MySwimSchool, shares some of the secrets of marathon swimmers with Moskovsiye Novosti.

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1. You have to work with your fists
2. No one likes to swim in dirty water
3. Grease up
4. What swimmers have in common with squirrels
5. Man vs. shark

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