Tag: Bhakti Sharma

Bhakti Sharma is an Indian Open water swimmer. Sharma is the first Asian woman and the youngest in the world to set a record in open swimming in Antarctic waters. Sharma swam 1.4 miles in 41.14 minutes, at a temperature of 1 °C, breaking the record of Lynne Cox and Lewis Pugh. https://youtu.be/uQyovApNyWg

People in India never thought we were good at swimming. However, in a matter of months after Sandeep Sejwal won an unprecedented bronze for India at the 2014 Asian Games, Indian open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma has set a world record in the Antarctic ocean. Bhakti swam 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degree…