Category: Sporting achievements
The Final Race of the 2015/2016 Winter Swimming Season
On 9 April 2016, Zářičí hosted the final race of the Czech Winter Swimming Cup season. The weather was unkind: constant rain, water at 10.7°C…
I. PKO’s success at the 2016 Winter Swimming World Championships in Tyumen, Siberia
The first Winter Swimming World Championships held in Russia took place in Tyumen from 8 to 12 March 2016. There were 1,275 swimmers from 42…
Czech Winter Swimming Breaststroke Championships: Prague 2016
On Saturday 5 March 2016, I. PKO Praha organised the Czech Winter Swimming Breaststroke Championships. Our swimmers performed superbly on home ground, taking home more…
Czech Winter Swimming Championships (Freestyle), Brno 2016
The 45th Czech Winter Swimming Championships in freestyle took place on 13 February 2016. Conditions were unusually “favourable” for Brno: water at 3.1°C, compared with…
Petr Šlajs takes third in an international competition
On Saturday 19 December 2015, the international River Labe CZ Ice Swim 2015 took place on the Labe in Hradec Králové under the auspices of…
Kryathlon’s World Premiere Exceeded Expectations
Beautiful sunshine, following a frosty morning, accompanied the world premiere of Kryathlon, the first true winter triathlon. Competitors swam 250 metres in the Vltava’s icy…
Czech Winter Swimming Championships: freestyle
Here we are! The season is in full swing. We have already completed fifteen races, held every Saturday around the Czech Republic in pools, rivers,…
In China’s Icy Waters
Early this January, four members — Michal Štengl, Jan Koželuh, Roman Hujer and Josef Stolín — travelled to distant China on a cold-water swimming expedition.…
Silver and Bronze in the 4 × 2 km Relay
The first day of the two-day open-water meet at Lipno on 24–25 August 2013 was devoted to mixed 4 × 2 km relays. We rallied…
Czech 5 km Championships at Mělice
For a while, it looked as though the Mělice races would be cancelled because of the cold, just like the previous two rounds of the…