Dhanushkodi (Tamil Nadu): Shyamala Goli (48), from Hyderabad, has set a record by swimming across 30 km from Sri Lanka's Talaimannar to Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu.
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She began swimming at 4:10 am from Talaimannar and reached the Arichal Munai beach in Dhanushkodi in the evening at 5:50 pm in a span of 13 hours and 40 minutes. The seashore was also called the Bagh Strait.
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With this feat, Shyamala is now the first woman in India to have swum across the Bagh Strait and the second in the world to create this record.
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To date, thirteen people have swum across the Bagh Strait.
