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Elvis Ali Hazarika become the first person from Northeast India to cross the North Channel

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Published on: September 23 2022 Share on facebook

  • Ace Assam swimmer, Elvis Ali Hazarika, became the third oldest Indian and the first from the Northeast to cross the North Channel, a strait linking the Irish Sea with the North Atlantic Ocean.
  • Hazarika who hails from Guwahati is known for his swimming records and this time he has made another record making the people of Assam proud.
  • Hazarika has set another record by becoming the first Assamese to successfully swim from Dharamtar Jetty to the Gateway of India, Mumbai, the Arabian Sea in 2021.
  • Also, Hazarika has become the first from the state to cross the Catalina channel in the United State of America (USA) in 2019.
  • Elvis Ali Hazarika, reached Mexico from the USA, swimming through the channel and covering a distance of 80 km in a span of 10 hours 59 minutes.
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