MEDIA COVERAGE

Since Sri Chinmoy resumed weightlifting in September 1998, at the age of 67, the media has followed his adventures with great interest, airing footage of his elephant and plane lifts, as well as his double-arm, seated calf and standing calf raises. Sri Chinmoy’s daring feats and his love of self-transcendence, specially in the face of his advancing years, have offered inspiration for young and old alike. Moreover, the paradox of a man who is at once a spiritual leader, a musician, a poet and a weightlifter has captured the imagination of people worldwide who have posed the question, “Is he one man or ten?” Sri Chinmoy’s weightlifting anniversary on November 17th was seen around the world multiple times on the following news and sports programmes:

TELEVISION

CNN Sports Illustrated

CNN International

CNN Headline News

CNN Spanish

NBC News Channel

ABC News One

ESPN International

Channel 10 Sports Tonight, Australia

CTV Canada

National TV, Germany, Austria, Switzerland

National TV, Russia, Channel One

National TV, Yugoslavia

WWOR Channel 9 New York

WABC Channel 7 New York

WTMJ NBC Milwaukee

WBNS CBS Columbus

WDIV NBC Detroit

KGW NBC Portland

KFOR NBC Oklahoma City

SNTV Associated Press Broadcast Sports

RADIO

Berlin One Radio

CNN Radio (Sports)

PRINT

Agence France Press

Daily News, New York

The Queens Tribune

Queens Courier

Queens Chronicle

The Times Ledger, New York

The Weekly Thikana (a Bangladesh paper in New York)

The New Probashi (a Bangladesh paper in New York)

India Post, New York

Delo (Czech Republic) Trhak (Czech Republic)

From:Sri Chinmoy,The body’s fitness-gong. The soul’s fulness-song, Agni Press, 1999
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