31st Veer Savarkar All India Sea Swimming Competition held off Gujarat coast
February 05, 2020
Junagadh: Surat based Monika Nagpure and Rutvik Bhajiwala have emerged top winners in 31st Veer Savarkar Akhil Bharatiya Samudra Taran Spardha held today in Arabian sea off Gir Somnath coast of Gujarat. Monika had won this competition in previous two occasions also. She completed 16 nautical mile distance in 4.39.02 hours while Rutvik completed 16 nautical mile distance in 7.04.38 hours. Unmit Surti, Kapil Bhavsar, Darshna seller and Mehali Bhajiwala were the other winners.
The competition is organized every year by Commissioner, Yuvak Seva Sanskrutik Pravuttio, Government of Gujarat and Hariom Ashram Surat/Nadiad. It is held between coastal towns Chorwad and Veraval. 12 boys and 7 girls – in total 19 had participated this year in this national level swimming competition. 4 participants were fro Maharashtra, 1 from West Bengal, the others were from Gujarat. A participant namely Balve Sagar took part in this event though he is deaf and he has lesser vision in eyes.
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— DeshGujarat (@DeshGujarat) February 5, 2020
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