It’s A Long Way In India
Ramanuj Mukhopadhyay, Honorable General Secretary of the Bengal Amateur Swimming Association and the Vice President of the Swimming Federation Of India, announced that the annual 19K (11.8-mile) and 81K (50-mile) marathon swims in the River Bhagirathi will be held on September 5th. The longest annual marathon swimming competition in the world, the River Bhagirathi is a turbulent Himalayan river in India that is the source stream of the Ganges, the holy river of Hinduism.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. 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).
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