Bhakti Sharma: What open water swimming taught me about resilience
巴蒂·夏瑪: 開放水域游泳教會我抗壓
Bhakti Sharma is a record-breaking Indian open water swimmer. Full bio
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and a single-minded vision.
決心、以及專注的願景。
the biggest achievers have in common.
for whom failure is not an option.
is an irresistible stage
into the story of our fearless speaker,
of long-distance swimming.
in the scorching Rajasthan heat,
在拉賈斯坦的炎熱天候,
riding on a moped behind her mom,
when I was two and a half,
when I was 14 years old.
over 25 years of my life to this sport,
in all five oceans of the world,
as the Mount Everest of swimming --
in the freezing Antarctic ocean.
is not only tested on race day
不僅在比賽日,
at 4:30 in the morning,
swim for three hours,
or set a world record,
that you and your loved ones feel,
和你愛的人感受到的快樂,
is a very lonely sport.
seemingly bottomless ocean underneath me,
but my own thoughts.
been tested as a swimmer
imaginative human being.
思想、感受、想像力。
non-stop in a swimming pool
in 13 hours and 55 minutes.
穿越英吉利海峽。
to what's right in front of you
my sport's biggest gift to me.
that I could have never expected to.
for the first time for a swim,
and throwing me down,
who enjoys such adventures.
享受這樣的冒險。
for one and a half hour
and dedicated athlete in me,
强大而專注的運動員,
her parents or her country.
held in Switzerland,
gold medal for India --
以國家為傲的印度人。
亟欲保護媽媽的女兒,
fulfill her own dreams.
cap and goggles,
zero-to-one-degree-Celsius water,
my body and mind for the cold,
都準備好接受水的寒冷,
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.
to just take one more stroke."
underneath my stomach.
and started swimming with me.
that I had on mine.
for swimming the longest distance
snow in Rajasthan.
through all my difficult situations
to every single thought
in an ocean, with your thoughts,
are not just external,
right now how slow you are."
internal demons, don't we?
you can hide from them,
or many other distractions.
讓你分心的事情後面。
there is nowhere to hide.
the salt in the sea,
swimming beside me.
shows me the side of myself
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.
the most amount of your time with?
with many others,
that you all have:
to knowing who we really are.
a swimmer, a student.
that brings you closer to you,
can bring you lasting joy or satisfaction.
帶給你持續的快樂和滿足。
or joy in what I'm doing,
得不到動力或快樂,
and setting a world record.
繼續游泳,或締造世界紀錄。
my depressing thoughts,
to a better self every day.
is the one which is spent in the pursuit
version of yourself
I can't do is swim --
the world's best swimmer
goal as a swimmer?
妳的下一個目標是什麽?
than aiming for the Olympics?
is an Olympic sport now.
that I have set that goal,
that's the part of it.
這就是它的一部分。
to the Olympics or I don't make it,
and a better person.
游泳運動員、更好的人。
to the Olympics.
保佑妳能參加奧運,
this show at home,
are thinking only positively for you,
企鵝服,和妳一起游泳,
our penguin suits and swimming with you,
go on, Bhakti, go on, go on."
if you said, like, a shark and all,
but you can be my orca.
不過你可以做我的虎鯨。
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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