Becoming Free While Swimming, Prakash Nadar
35-year old Prakash Nadar from Mumbai, India has been physically challenged in his life with polio in both legs. But that has not stopped the 35-year-old from taking 18 hours – from 12 noon to 6 am the following day – from Gateway of India to Rewas in Raigad in the Arabian Sea, an unprecedented swim on March 8th. “It is International Women’s Day so I dedicate my record-creating attempt to my mother, M. Balasundari,” said the determined man who learned how to swim in the stinking gutter waters flowing into the Arabian Sea nearby.
“That area had claimed many lives, but that was the only place I could afford to learn swimming free of cost.”
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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