Statement issued by Indian Air Force - Four Air Warriors of IAF’s Swimming Team named ‘Delphinus’,
successfully crossed the English Channel on 26 Jun 2012.
Led by Wing Commander Paramvir Singh and three other members
– Flight Lieutenant Narayanpethkar, Corporal AK Patel and Corporal S Srihari,
the team is the first ever Armed Forces Team to swim the English Channel.
Theirs was the first successful swim of the season. It is also the fastest
Asian Team to swim English Channel in its Category.
The team was preparing for the last one year and had successfully
crossed the channel from Rewas to Gateway of India, Mumbai in Feb-Mar 2012 as a
part of its training programme and was practicing at Dover, England since the
beginning of Jun 2012. It was in the wee hours (0315 GMT) of 26 Jun 2012
that the team entered the waters at Shakespeare Beach, Dover, England and
reached at Cap Griz Nez, France at 1529 GMT by relay swimming. The team safely
and successfully crossed the ‘English Channel’ in 12 hours 14 minutes, clocking
the best timing.
Water temperatures during the swim varied from 10 to 13
degrees, with choppy waters the undercurrents were upto 10 mph which adds to
the difficulties a swimmer encounters.
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