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The "Gertrude Ederle" Trophy
Vedika Bolliger from the Swiss Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team was presented the Gertrude Ederle Trophy recently for her 22 hour 27 minutes solo 1-way crossing of the English Channel. The trophy is an annual award in memory of Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel. Sadly, Ederle, who swam the Channel in 1926 from France to England in 14 hours 39 minutes, passed away at the end of 2003. The award is given for "The most meritorious Channel swim by a woman during the year." Bolliger received the award for 2003.

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Rupantar has been the race director of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team since 1985, having been asked by Sri Chinmoy to serve in that capacity. As well as working on the big races the US Marathon Team organise each year - the 3100 Mile Race and the Six and 10 Day Race - he also spends a considerable amount of time archiving the Marathon Team's 40 year history on this website.

From our archives: Local news channel NY1 takes a video look at the 2012 Self-Transcendence 6 and 10-Day Races, held at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens New York, April 17 - April 27, 2013.

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'Six Day Run' is a short film by Finnish director Mika Taanila about the 2012 Self-Transcendence Six Day Race, focusing on SCMT member Ashprihanal Aalto who is also from Finland.

The film casts a light on one of the most extreme individual endurance sports dating back to to the 1870s. The competitors run with minimal sleep, all the while trying to accumulate as many miles as possible on a one-mile paved loop in a park.

The film was shot during T he Self-Transcendence Six Day Race in Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, Queens, New York City between April 22-28, 2012.

Basic Information on the film (www.facebook.com/sixdayrun):

Release Date: premiering at the Rotterdam Film Festival (IFFR) 23.1.-3.2.2013
Genre: short documentary film, 15 minutes
Featuring ASHPRIHANAL PEKKA AALTO
Directed by MIKA TAANILA
Cinematography JUSSI EEROLA
Sound design OLLI HUHTANEN
Music by CIRCLE
Producers LASSE SAARINEN, CILLA WERNING
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Short Profile, Mika Taanila: Producer of audiovisual works Mika Taanila will get a tribute within the short programme at IFFR 2013. His works deal with the alarming issues of human engineering and urban artificial surroundings. Taanila specializes on the futuristic ideas and utopias of contemporary science. Besides his most important earlier films, IFFR presents the world premiere of his latest film Six Day Run in the Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films and his two recent installation works Most Electrified Town in Finland and Stimulus Progression (Rotterdam) at festival location TENT. Nominations and programmes at IFFR.