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14th Winter Swimming World Championships 2024, Tallinn
A report on I. PKO Praha's participation Anyone who needed a proper cool-down after a mild Czech winter could head to the World Championships in…
Invitation to the I. PKO cold-water swimmers’ baptism 2024
As usual, our traditional cold-water swimmers' baptism will take place on the first Sunday after New Year, which this time falls on 7 January 2024.…
77th Alfred Nikodem Memorial 2023
Ninety-nine years of an unbroken tradition: every Christmas, year after year, cold-water swimmers have taken to the icy Vltava in Prague. At first they were…
100 years in the icy Vltava: information for the 77th Alfred Nikodem Memorial (race cancelled)
UPDATED 25 December 2023 — EVENT CANCELLED Nature is against us. This morning we learned that further rainfall, strong warm winds and thawing mean that…
Alfred Nikodem Memorial 2023: information for unaffiliated swimmers
The Alfred Nikodem Memorial will take place, as usual, on 26 December at 11:00 at the northern tip of Slovanský Island. We are delighted that…
Wannado Festival — 9 September 2023
Dear cold-water swimming enthusiasts, Wannado Festival 2023 (formerly Sporťáček), an event introducing children to sports clubs, will take place at Branická louka on Saturday 9…
13th Winter Swimming World Championships 2023, Bled: our club’s report
In a natural paradise beneath Slovenia's snow-covered Julian Alps, the enchantingly beautiful Lake Bled hosted the 13th Winter Swimming World Championships. Organiser IWSA promised swimming…
Traditional cold-water swimmers’ baptism in the Vltava 2023
On the first Sunday after New Year, 8 January 2023, our cold-water swimmers' baptism took place on the right bank of the Vltava in its…
Invitation to I. PKO’s cold-water swimmers’ baptism
Our traditional cold-water swimmers' baptism will take place, as usual, on the first Sunday after New Year's Day — this time, 8 January 2023. The…
The 76th Alfred Nikodem Memorial, 2022
As much a part of Christmas in Prague as ever, the Alfred Nikodem Memorial returned on Boxing Day, organised by I. plavecký klub otužilců Praha.…