Bhakti Sharma: What open water swimming taught me about resilience
巴克蒂·夏尔玛: 公开水域游泳教会我不屈不挠
Bhakti Sharma is a record-breaking Indian open water swimmer. Full bio
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and a single-minded vision.
并且能够心无旁骛。
the biggest achievers have in common.
所拥有的共同品质,
for whom failure is not an option.
考虑为选项的勇敢之心。
is an irresistible stage
演讲者眼中诱人的舞台,
into the story of our fearless speaker,
无所畏惧的讲者的故事吧,
(Bhakti Sharma),
of long-distance swimming.
in the scorching Rajasthan heat,
在拉贾斯坦邦的高温下,
riding on a moped behind her mom,
坐在妈妈电动车的后座上,
when I was two and a half,
我开始学习在泳池游泳,
when I was 14 years old.
我学会了在户外游泳,
over 25 years of my life to this sport,
in all five oceans of the world,
我游遍了世界的五大洋,
as the Mount Everest of swimming --
游泳界的珠穆朗玛峰——
in the freezing Antarctic ocean.
创造了新的世界纪录。
付出了如此多的时间,
is not only tested on race day
不仅仅是在比赛日被测验,
at 4:30 in the morning,
每天清晨 4 点半起床,
swim for three hours,
or set a world record,
或是创造一项世界纪录,
that you and your loved ones feel,
你和你爱的人感受到的幸福,
is a very lonely sport.
一项非常孤独的运动。
seemingly bottomless ocean underneath me,
but my own thoughts.
been tested as a swimmer
作为一位游泳选手,
imaginative human being.
有感情、有着无限想象力的人类。
是作为游泳马拉松选手,
non-stop in a swimming pool
不间断地连续游泳 12 个小时,
in 13 hours and 55 minutes.
跨越英吉利海峡。
to what's right in front of you
my sport's biggest gift to me.
我的运动赐予我最好的礼物。
that I could have never expected to.
for the first time for a swim,
and throwing me down,
把我拍起又放下,
who enjoys such adventures.
无比享受这样的冒险。
for one and a half hour
被困了有 1 个半小时,
and dedicated athlete in me,
那个强大而专注的运动员,
her parents or her country.
held in Switzerland,
gold medal for India --
那个骄傲的印度人。
还是个有保护欲的女儿,
fulfill her own dreams.
cap and goggles,
以及“就这么做”的坚定意志,
zero-to-one-degree-Celsius water,
my body and mind for the cold,
都已为严寒做好准备,
was the density of the water.
却是面对水的密度。
like pulling through oil.
在厚重的油中前行,
of just giving up.
to just forget about all this,
a more willful voice from deep within.
to just take one more stroke."
又划了一次,
underneath my stomach.
and started swimming with me.
开始和我一起游泳,
that I had on mine.
for swimming the longest distance
snow in Rajasthan.
through all my difficult situations
当我面对一切困境时,
总是陪伴着我,
这么多时间学会独处,
to every single thought
in an ocean, with your thoughts,
与你的思绪一同身处海洋,
are not just external,
人们会怎么看你?
right now how slow you are."
internal demons, don't we?
you can hide from them,
or many other distractions.
让你分心的事情后面。
there is nowhere to hide.
the salt in the sea,
品尝海水的咸味,
swimming beside me.
shows me the side of myself
运动让我见到了自我,
and not perfect.
and make it to practice.
so burned out, so tired,
moments that I can look back on
spend hours swimming non-stop.
没有不间断地游泳过,
the most amount of your time with?
又是与谁相处呢?
with many others,
与外界接触,和他人相处,
that you all have:
to knowing who we really are.
我们自己是谁。
a swimmer, a student.
一个游泳选手,一个学生。
that brings you closer to you,
can bring you lasting joy or satisfaction.
都无法带给你永远的喜悦或满足。
or joy in what I'm doing,
找不到任何动力或是乐趣,
and setting a world record.
my depressing thoughts,
to a better self every day.
is the one which is spent in the pursuit
是花费时间不断地追寻
version of yourself
I can't do is swim --
不擅长的运动就是游泳——
the world's best swimmer
游泳运动员同台,
你下一个目标是什么?
goal as a swimmer?
than aiming for the Olympics?
把奥运会当作目标?
is an Olympic sport now.
现在已经成为奥运会项目了。
that I have set that goal,
that's the part of it.
这是人生的一部分。
to the Olympics or I don't make it,
并且成为一个更好的人。
and a better person.
to the Olympics.
this show at home,
are thinking only positively for you,
在你周围和你一同游泳,
our penguin suits and swimming with you,
巴克蒂,加油,加油。”
go on, Bhakti, go on, go on."
if you said, like, a shark and all,
酷一点的,像鲨鱼之类的动物,
but you can be my orca.
你也可以做我的虎鲸。
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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