Bhakti Sharma: What open water swimming taught me about resilience
بهكاتي شارما: ماذا علمتني سباحة المياه المفتوحة عن المرونة؟
Bhakti Sharma is a record-breaking Indian open water swimmer. Full bio
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and a single-minded vision.
the biggest achievers have in common.
for whom failure is not an option.
التي حذفت الفشل من قاموسها
التي لا يمكن اختراقها
is an irresistible stage
فوق المنصة
into the story of our fearless speaker,
of long-distance swimming.
سباحة المسافات الطويلة
in the scorching Rajasthan heat,
تركب دراجة خلف والدتها
riding on a moped behind her mom,
when I was two and a half,
بدأت بحمام السباحة
when I was 14 years old.
بلغت الرابعة عشر
over 25 years of my life to this sport,
عاماً من حياتي لهذه الرباضة
in all five oceans of the world,
as the Mount Everest of swimming --
in the freezing Antarctic ocean.
في المحيط المتجمد بالقطب الجنوبي
is not only tested on race day
لا تختبر فقط يوم السباق
at 4:30 in the morning,
عند الرابعة والنصف صباحاً
swim for three hours,
وتسبح بعدها لثلاث ساعات
or set a world record,
أو تسجل رقماً قياسياً عالمياً
that you and your loved ones feel,
is a very lonely sport.
بمعزل عن العالم
seemingly bottomless ocean underneath me,
but my own thoughts.
been tested as a swimmer
imaginative human being.
تشعر وتفكر
non-stop in a swimming pool
بحمام السباحة
in 13 hours and 55 minutes.
وخمس وخمسين دقيقة.
to what's right in front of you
يتواجد أمامك مباشرة
my sport's biggest gift to me.
التي قدمتها السباحة لي
that I could have never expected to.
for the first time for a swim,
and throwing me down,
who enjoys such adventures.
for one and a half hour
and dedicated athlete in me,
her parents or her country.
held in Switzerland,
gold medal for India --
فخورة بذاتها.
fulfill her own dreams.
وهي تحقق أحلامها
cap and goggles,
ونظارات واقية
zero-to-one-degree-Celsius water,
صفر إلى واحد درجة مئوية
my body and mind for the cold,
was the density of the water.
like pulling through oil.
of just giving up.
to just forget about all this,
a more willful voice from deep within.
من أعماقي يصيح بي:
to just take one more stroke."
للتجديف مرة أخرى"
underneath my stomach.
and started swimming with me.
that I had on mine.
على وجهي
for swimming the longest distance
أطول مسافة
snow in Rajasthan.
through all my difficult situations
الصعبة والقاسية
to every single thought
in an ocean, with your thoughts,
برفقة خواطرك
are not just external,
right now how slow you are."
كم أنت بطيئ"
internal demons, don't we?
أليس كذلك؟
you can hide from them,
or many other distractions.
there is nowhere to hide.
the salt in the sea,
في مياه البحر
swimming beside me.
shows me the side of myself
تظهر ذلك الجانب بداخلي
and not perfect.
and make it to practice.
وترتيبه للتمرين.
so burned out, so tired,
moments that I can look back on
والتي أود أن استرجعها
spend hours swimming non-stop.
دون توقف
the most amount of your time with?
with many others,
that you all have:
كل ما تمتلك:
to knowing who we really are.
حقيقة أنفسهم.
a swimmer, a student.
that brings you closer to you,
لك عن نفسك
can bring you lasting joy or satisfaction.
البهجة الدائمة أو الرضا
or joy in what I'm doing,
في الوقت الحالي؟"
and setting a world record.
وأن أسجل رقماً عالمياً
my depressing thoughts,
to a better self every day.
is the one which is spent in the pursuit
التي نقضيها في السعي
version of yourself
I can't do is swim --
عن ممارستها السباحة
the world's best swimmer
goal as a swimmer?
than aiming for the Olympics?
أكتر من التطلع للأولمبياد؟
is an Olympic sport now.
رياضة أولمبية.
بدني يقشعر
that I have set that goal,
that's the part of it.
to the Olympics or I don't make it,
and a better person.
to the Olympics.
في الأولميباد
this show at home,
البرنامج في المنزل
are thinking only positively for you,
إيجابية
our penguin suits and swimming with you,
go on, Bhakti, go on, go on."
if you said, like, a shark and all,
لكن يمكنك أن تكون حوتي القاتل
but you can be my orca.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Bhakti Sharma - Open water swimmerBhakti Sharma is a record-breaking Indian open water swimmer.
Why you should listen
In 2015, BhaktiSharma became the first Asian woman and the youngest in the world to set a record in open swimming in Antarctic waters. She swam 1.4 miles (2.3 km) in 41:14 minutes, at a temperature of 1°C (34°F), breaking the record of Lynne Cox (USA) and Lewis Pugh (Great Britain). Sharma has swum in all the five oceans of the world, besides swimming in or across eight other seas and channels. She was awarded the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award in 2010.
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