21st Marathon Swim in Switzerland

This year’s Self-Transcendence Marathon Swim took place on August 3,
with perfect weather conditions. The water was quiet and warm and the
clouds in the morning made it acceptable for the many helpers on the
boats.

First to reach Zurich was the Swiss Team Goldcoast Aquatics
with Maurice Petignat, Manuel Spörri und Patrik Spitznagel: they
completed the 26.4k in 6:07:05 hours. In the Masters’ categories (over 40
years) two new records were established: Andreas Fath from Germany
placed first in the the “Masters with wetsuit” category in 6:17:41 hours;
he was also the fastest solo-swimmer overall of this race. The second
record was set by Jürg Schmid from Zurich with 6:35:23 hours in the “Masters without wetsuit”
category. In the main men’s category, Alistair
Cottle from New Zealand placed first in 7:27:7 hours, and first among the
women was Margit Bohnhoff from Berlin in a time of 8:05:03 hours.

Watch
this inspiring summary of the 2008 swim. The result list and photos can
be found on the Swiss SCMT website here.

—Kedar Misani

CREDITS

Camera & Edit: Kedar Misani
Music: Suballabha Torfason & Parichayaka Hammerl
Acknowledgements: Sri Chinmoy
Copyright: © 2008 Sri Chinmoy