Open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma has set a world record by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degree temperature at Antarctic Ocean,a release said.
Reportedly she has bettered the earlier record of British open water swimmer Lewis Pugh and American swimmer Lynne Cox.
She happens to be the youngest in the world and the first Asian girl to have achieved this feat.
Bhakti got Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award in 2010. She has expressed her gratefulness towards Udaipur-based Hindustan Zinc for supporting her in her mission.
She has been pursuing open water swimming for the last 10 years. She has now conquered all the five oceans of the world.
