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Traditional Swimmers’ Baptism in the Vltava
Our traditional cold-water swimmers’ baptism takes place on Sunday 6 January 2013. Open to swimmers and the public, it welcomes new members while longstanding members…
Boženka Černá and Tomáš Prokop on TV Pětka
The day after the Alfred Nikodem Memorial, I. PKO Praha chairman Tomáš Prokop and the event’s oldest participant, Boženka Černá, appeared on TV Pětka’s Na…
Alfred Nikodem Memorial 2012
Alfred Nikodem Memorial 2012 results Updated 29 December 2012 Thanks to the wonderful work of the entire club, we successfully staged the largest and most…
Invitation to Our Christmas Cold-Water Swimming Celebration
I. plavecký klub otužilců Praha warmly invites you to the 66th Alfred Nikodem Memorial, our Christmas swimming competition in the Vltava. The oldest and best-known…
Lake Baikal Adventurer Joins the Alfred Nikodem Memorial
Pavel Blažek, the traveller who crossed frozen Lake Baikal on foot in 2010, will take part in this year’s Alfred Nikodem Memorial. He made a…
Tomáš Prokop on Evening Radiožurnál
An interview with I. plavecký klub otužilců Praha chairman Tomáš Prokop about the start of the cold-water swimming season, where swimmers train, the ideal water…
41st Swim in the Elbe
Hradec Králové — results The previous days’ temperatures had raised hopes that we could finally earn our first cold-water performance grades this year. Unfortunately, the…
Solstice Celebration 2012
Plzeň — results Congratulations from the Mayor of Plzeň Team competition certificate Forty-two I. PKO swimmers lined up in the 5.5°C water of Bolevák to…
Čehovice in PKO Colours
Čehovice — results The public holiday brought another winter swimming meet, this time at Čehovice Pond, with courses from 100 metres to one kilometre. Twenty-three…
Punkva — Opening the Winter Season
At last: the ceremonial opening of the 2012/2013 winter swimming season! On 7 October 2012, 46 I. PKO swimmers were among the 203 classified participants…