34th Sri Chinmoy Marathon Swim Rapperswil-Zurich in the books
On Sunday, Aug. 7th, 2022, 58 swimmers from 15 nations started again the beautiful but challenging 26 km journey from Rapperswil to Zurich Tiefenbrunnen lido (29 solos and 10 relays) – with some DNS due to Covid after effects. The water was an...
Abhejali completes a 'channel triathlon' from Dover to Prague
44-year-old Abhejali Bernardova, a member of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team from Zlin in the Czech Republic, swam the English Channel and then biked and ran all the way to Prague - an extreme ultra-triathlon that covered a total of 1111 km and took her...
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...
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...
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! ...
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...
Golden Jubilee Team crosses the English Channel, Sept. 17, 2014
Sept. 17, 2014: The 4 person "Sri Chinmoy Golden Jubilee Team" - a relay team consisting of swimmers from the Czech Republic and New Zealand - made it across the English Channel in 16 hours 34 min. This is 3rd international female...
Angikar Djordjevic completes EC triathlon from Dover to Heidelberg, Sept. 2014
Sept. 6-11, 2014: Angikar Djordjevic from Serbia finished his second English Channel solo on Sept. 6th, 2014, in 18 hours 41 min. as part of a personal EC ultra triathlon, continuing, with some rest in between, to bike 560 km and run 3...
Karteek Clark swims English Channel for the eleventh time, July 2014
July 30, 2014 - Karteek Clarke, member of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon and Swimming Team swam the slowest and toughest of his 11 Channel crossings on 30 July (19 hours and 1 minute). He is indeed a champion of champions. Looking at the map of his...
Adriano Passini completes English Channel Swim
On the 27th of July 2013, Adriano Passini completed the 44th successful English Channel crossing by a member of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon in a time of 11 hours 10 minutes. It was the first successful crossing by a Brazilian member of the Sri Chinmoy...
Sri Chinmoy inducted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
Long Beach, California, Sept. 2012 ...
Successful Gibraltar Straits Crossing
On Oct. 9th, Vasanti Niemz, 2x Channel swimmer and ultra-triathlete from the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team, Germany (and a vegetarian since 1981), accomplished the first crossing by our team of the 14 km wide Gibraltar Straits between Spain/E...