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Diving me mad: the New Year plunges into Rome's Tiber

Diving me mad: the New Year plunges into Rome's Tiber
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By Christopher Cummins with Agencies
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Making a New Year splash in Rome's Tiber

Since 1946 exhibitionists and athletes have been diving the 17 metres off the Ponte Cavour in Rome into the icy River Tiber to celebrate the advent of a new year.

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This year, four divers took part, some with more style than others, diving or jumping into the freezing waters of the Italian capital.

VIDEO | Il tuffo nel Tevere del primo gennaio: Mr Ok salta dal ponte Cavour a Roma https://t.co/OT7ERvDXrR LaStampa</a> <a href="https://t.co/3kJnxXSGIC">pic.twitter.com/3kJnxXSGIC</a></p>&mdash; La Stampa TV (LaStampaTV) 1 January 2017

Sai che a #Roma… anche quest'anno, alle 12 in punto, #MisterOk si tufferà da ponte Cavour? #capodanno #Buon2017https://t.co/5I97Wmcg1n pic.twitter.com/8mhaQguL9r

— Sai che a Roma (@SaiCheARoma) 1 January 2017

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