Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded India's Open Water swimmer Bhakti Sharma for her accomplishment of setting a world record, by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes across the waters of Antarctic Ocean, at a temperature of one degree Celsius.
"We are all very very proud of Bhakti Sharma for her accomplishments! My best wishes to her," he said.
Bhakti is now the world's youngest and Asia's first girl to achieve this feat. Bhakti has now conquered all the five oceans of the world.