GUWAHATI: Ace swimmer from Assam โ€“ Elvis Ali Hazarika โ€“ has become the first Assamese to swim across the North Channel.

The North Channel is the strait between north-eastern Northern Ireland and south-western Scotland.

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It begins north of the Isle of Man, where the Irish Sea ends and runs north-west into the Atlantic Ocean.

โ€œI successfully have become the first Assamese to cross the North Channel by swimming it in Relay Northern Ireland to Scotland. We had to go through a lot of challenges. Specially, the huge Jellyfish that were accompanying us all the way!โ€ said Elvis Ali Hazarika after achieving the feat.

Elvis Ali Hazarika also became the oldest swimmer from India to have swam across the North Channel.

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โ€œWe are the first Asian Relay team to cross the North Channel and I am the first oldest swimmer from India to have crossed the North Channel,โ€ said Elvis Ali Hazarika.

Elvis and his team clocked a timing of 14 hours 38 minutes to achieve this feat.

โ€œA dream come true and proud moment for all Indians and Assamese people,โ€ said Elvis Ali Hazarika.

After crossing the North Channel, Elvis Ali Hazarika from Assam posed for photographs with the Indian Tricolour and a Gamosa with Joi Aai Axom written in it.