7-Year-Old Boy Sets New Record by Swimming from Sri Lanka to India
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- Seven-year-old Indian boy Ishank Singh swam 29 kilometers from Sri Lanka to India in 9 hours and 50 minutes, setting a new record.
- The Universal Records Forum awarded Singh a certificate recognizing him as the world’s youngest swimmer.
- Ranchi MP and Union Minister of State for Defence, Sanjay Seth, congratulated Ishank on social media, calling it a golden achievement for India.
April 18, Kathmandu – Ishank Singh, a nearly seven-year-old boy from Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, has set a new record by swimming from Sri Lanka to India.
He covered a distance of 29 kilometers in 9 hours and 50 minutes. Ishank completed the journey by swimming from Talaimannar, Sri Lanka, to Dhanushkodi, India.
Indian media reported he is the world’s youngest swimmer to achieve this feat. The Universal Records Forum awarded him a certificate to recognize this extraordinary accomplishment.
Previously, this record was held by Jai Jasvant from Tamil Nadu, who in 2019 swam the same distance at age 10, taking 10 hours and 30 minutes.
Ishank, a third grader at Jawahar Vidya Mandir Shyamli School located in Doranda, Ranchi, trained rigorously for 4 to 5 hours daily at Dhurwa Dam to prepare for this goal.
9 घंटे 50 मिनट में 29 KM की तैराकी… 7 साल के नन्हे तैराक ने बनाया वर्ल्ड रिकॉर्ड
राँचीको धुर्वा क्षेत्रका ७ बर्षीय सानोतिनो पौडीबाज ईशांकले श्रीलंका तलाईमन्नार देखि भारत धनुषकोडीसम्म करिब २९ किलोमीटरको खतरनाक समुद्री मार्ग ९ घण्टा ५० मिनेटमा पूरा गर्दै विश्व रेकर्ड बनाएका छन्। pic.twitter.com/lCiJnogAsI
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He achieved this success with specialized training under the guidance of his coaches Aman Jayswal and Bajrang Kumar.
Security personnel followed his swim by boat for safety precautions.
Sanjay Seth, Member of Parliament from Ranchi and Minister of State for Defence, congratulated Ishank on social media.
He stated, “An extraordinary achievement by a boy from Ranchi! Ishank Singh has set a world record by crossing the 29-kilometer Palk Strait. This is also an unparalleled accomplishment for India. He swam from Talaimannar, Sri Lanka, to Dhanushkodi, India, in just 9 hours and 50 minutes and has become the youngest swimmer in the world.”
