Swimming Down The River Bhagirathi Starts Up Again
Courtesy of Jose Luis Larrosa Chorro, River Bhagirathi.
In many places around the world, annual open water swimming competitions are starting back up in earnest. One of the most historic and longest – the 81 km India National Open Water Swimming Competition down the River Bhagirathi near Bangladesh will be held on September 6th.
Below is a list of winners of this historic event:
1961 Ananda Hajra (India)
1962 Debi Dutta (India)
1963 Janaradan Bhattacherjee (India)
1964 Debi Dutta (India)
1965 Debi Dutta (India)
1966 Baidyanath Nath (India)
1967 Baidyanath Nath (India)
1968 race not held
1969 Baidyanath Nath (India)
1970 Paramesh Das Ghosh (India)
1971 race not held
1972 Jn. Rowshan Ali Mandal (Bangladesh)
1973 Jn. Rowshan Ali Mandal (Bangladesh)
1974 Saktipada Rajak (India)
1975 Sahadeb Das (India)
1976 Khagen Dutta (India)
1977 Sahadeb Das (India)
1978 race not held
1979 Khagendra Nath Dutta (India)
1980 Khagendra Nath Dutta (India)
1981 Khagendra Nath Dutta (India)
1982 Khagendra Nath Dutta (India)
1983 Khagendra Nath Dutta (India)
1984 Laxman Halder (India)
1985 Khagendra Nath Dutta (India)
1986 race not held
1987 Sanjiban Mandal (India)
1988 Sanjiban Mandal (India)
1989 Sanjiban Mandal (India)
1990 Sukbindar Sing (India)
1991 Amar Basak (India)
1992 Amar Basak (India)
1993 Sankar Das (India)
1994 race not held
1995 V. Kutraleeswaran (India)
1996 Jagannath Saha (India)
1997 Jagannath Saha (India)
1998 Jagannath Saha (India)
1999 Mayur Joyvadan Meheta (India)
2000 Jagannath Saha (India)
2001 Mayur Joyvadan Meheta (India)
2002 Jagannath Saha (India)
2003 Chaitali Dhenki (Ghosh) (India)
2004 Soumitra Ghosh (India)
2005 Soumitra Ghosh (India)
2006 Marcos Díaz (Dominican Republic)
2007 Chandan Sarkar (India)
2008 Omkar Madhab Ganbota (India)
2009 Dharambir Jamatia (India)
2010 Sayantan Sattwik (India)
2011 Chandan Sarkar (India)
2012 Rakesh Biswas (India)
2013 Rakesh Biswas (India)
2014 Rakesh Biswas (India)
2015 Md. Ashikur Rahaman (Bangladesh)
2016 Jose Luis Larrosa Chorro (Spain)
2017 Jose Luis Larrosa Chorro (Spain)
2018 Apurba Saha (West Bengal)
2018 Top 10 Results:
1. Apurba Saha (Rishara Swimming Club of West Bengal) 10 hours 48 minutes 46 seconds
2. Jose Luis Larrosa Chorro (Spain) 11 hours 2 minutes 56 seconds
3. Biswanath Adhikary (Berhampore Swimming Club of West Bengal) 11 hours 5 minutes 41 seconds
4. Chiranjit Biswas (Berhampore Swimming Club of West Bengal) 11 hours 19 minutes 38 seconds
5. Md. Ashikul Rahaman (Bangladesh) 11 hours 33 minutes 1 second
6. Shivam Bhojraj Jethudi (Sports Authority of Gujrat of Gujrat) 11 hours 35 minutes 38 seconds
7. Aniket Jayeshbhai Patel (Gujrat State Aquatic Association of Gujrat) 11 hours 38 minutes 43 seconds
8. Apu Sarkar (Berhampore Swimming Club of West Bengal) 11 hours 47 minutes 46 seconds
9. Shubham Yuvraj Pawar (Maharastra Swimming Association of Maharastra) 11 hours 58 minutes 2 seconds
10. Maria Angeles de Simon (Argentina) 12 hours 1 minute 7 seconds
Larrosa [shown above] described his participation in the 2017 race here.
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