Abhejali nominated for Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
After becoming only the 4th woman to complete the Oceans 7 Challenge - swimming seven of the world's iconic open water swims, including the English Channel and the North Channel - Abhejali Bernardová from our Czech Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team has now...
Adriano becomes the first person to swim ashore from Laje de Santos
On September 24, 2018, Adriano Passini from the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team became the first person to swim from Laje de Santos - an islet known all over Brazil for its marine life - to the coastline, a distance of 25 miles (40 km). Adriano reached his...
Abhejali swims the Cook Strait and completes the 'Oceans Seven' challenge
On Saturday, February 24th, 2018, in the wake of cyclone Gita, Abhejali Bernardova, a member of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team from Zlin in the Czech Republic, successfully conquered the Cook Strait of New Zealand in rough waters and challenging...
View from the boat: a helper's experience of Abhejali's North Channel swim
Abhejali Bernardova became the first person from the Czech Republic to swim the North Channel on August 15th 2017 in 10 hours, 23min, 48 seconds. Crew member Dhavala Stott was kind enough to write a few words telling us what it was like to be on the...
Tatiana Kvasova - English Channel Solo in 20 hrs 13 min
On Aug. 29th, 2017, Tatiana Kvasova (32) from Moscow became our first Russian Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team swimmer (male or female) to conquer the English Channel - marking the 47th solo crossing by a member of our international team, and the 4th...
Abhejali Conquers the North Channel - 6 down, 1 to go in her Oceans Seven Challenge
Dancing with the Lion Mane Jellyfish: Abhejali swims from Northern Ireland to Scotland (35 km) in 10 hours 23:48 ...
News from Hawaii: Abhejali swims the 26-mile Ka'iwi Channel
Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team member Abhejali Bernardová completed her 5th 'Oceans Seven' swim on March 28, 2017 – the 42 km (26 mile) wide Ka'iwi Channel between the two Hawaiian islands of Molokai and Oahu. ...
Swimming Tsugaru Strait: Abhejali achieves her 4th 'Oceans Seven'
Prayers, focus, visualisation and serious preparation nicely worked together! After the strong wind conditions caused by a typhoon blew out any chances for swimmers only few days earlier, Abhejali Bernardova (39) of our Czech Sri Chinmoy Marathon...
An interview with our eleven-time Channel swimmer, Karteek Clarke
Hiyamallar Shalom spent a few days with our eleven-time Channel Swimmer Karteek Clarke in his Edinburgh home, and pressed him for a few stories about his Channel swimming feats: ...
Abhejali's Robben Island swim - a helper's view
Abhejali Bernardova from the Czech Republic completed the swim from Robben Island to Cape Town in South Africa. Stacey Marsh was assisting her from the boat and gives this account: ...
Abhejali Bernadova completes Robben Island Strait Crossing
Abhejali Bernardova (39), a member of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team from Zlin, Czech Republic, completed the famous crossing of the strait between Robben Island and Cape Town in South Africa on 12 March 2016. Abhejali became the first Czech person to...
Video Highlights from the 6 Hour Self Transcendence Swim in Graz, Austria
This year's event featured 23 teams as well as individual swimmers. Below you can view a nice video shot by members of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team from Hungary. Maybe it will inspire you to join us next time! ...
Zurich Marathon Lake Swim report 2015
Channel Swimmer Vasanti Niemz participates in this year's swim, and gives the following report: ...
Catalina Channel - Abhejali becomes a Triple Crowner, Aug 18, 2015
On August 18, 2015, Abhejali Bernadova (age 39) from Zlin, Czech Republic, became the first member of our international Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team and first Czech swimmer overall to achieve the “ Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming ”. Starting around...
Inspiring stories on other sites
Many of the links below come from channel-triathlon.com by Vasanti Niemz and Karteek Clarke's personal site http://www.karteekclarke.com ...
The importance of speedwork in Channel swimming
A talk by Sri Chinmoy in China, 2005, to his students who were preparing to cross the English Channel. ...
Swimming for Peace - Golden Jubilee EC Relay, Sept. 2014
I was extremely fortunate to have the incredible opportunity to be part of a 4-person NZ/Czech relay swim of the English Channel. Our swim was dedicated to Sri Chinmoy’s 50 years of service in the West, so our official name was the Sri Chinmoy Golden...
Angikar's English Channel Triathlon 2014
September 6-11, 2014, our Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team member Angikar Djordjevic from Ni š , Serbia, achieved a new English Channel Triathlon - swimming (EC solo no 2!), cycling and running all the way from Dover to Heidelberg in Germany....