IPS officer Krishna Prakash: IPS officer Krishna Prakash completed the journey from Gateway of India to Elephanta Caves by swimming, becoming the first person in the world to do so
IPS officer Krishna Prakash Update: IPS officer Krishna Prakash has completed the journey from Gateway of India to Elephanta Caves by swimming. He has become the first person in the world to do so.
PS officer Krishna Prakash Prasad, popularly known as Iron Man
title, has done another feat. He has crossed the journey from Gateway of India
to Elephanta Caves by swimming. He has become the first person in the world to
do so. Means 'Iron Man' has swam from Chhatrapati Shivaji Marg in South Mumbai
to Elephanta Island located in Mumbai Harbour. IPS officer Krishna Prakash
himself has given this information through his Twitter handle.
Achievement told through twitter
The IPS officer told on his Twitter how he has completed the
journey from Elephanta Caves to Gateway of India in five hours and 26 minutes.
This journey was about 16.20 kilometers, which he completed by swimming. The
biggest thing is that he has done this work by swimming in the opposite
direction of the waves.
Today I completed the daunting task of swimming from Gateway of India to Elephanta caves and became the first person in the world to do so. Contrary to the popular swimming route of Elephanta caves to Gateway of India whereas swimmers ride the waves of the the high tides towards… pic.twitter.com/8IIX4O5Xho
— Krishna Prakash (@Krishnapips) March 26, 2023
Let us inform that this swimming has been done as part of the
“Drowning Prevention Awareness” campaign. Now this post is becoming
increasingly viral on Twitter. 10 lakh people have seen it till Monday night.
And thousands of people have retweeted it. Along with this, it has got more
than 6 thousand likes.
Known as Iron Man
However, he has participated in many saree competitions before also. Not only this, many records are also in his name. In 2017, he completed the Ironman Triathlon, one of the most challenging sporting events in the world. It is a three-day event in which participants have to complete 3.8 km swim, 180.2 km cycle ride and 42.2 km run in 16-17 hours. This achievement won the title of "Iron Man" to IPS Krishna Prakash. Apart from this, his name was also recorded in the World Book of Records.
Honoured to become a part of 'World Book of Record Holders' for being the first Indian Government Servant, Civil Servant and Uniformed Services Officer including Armed Forces and Para Military Forces to earn the Iron Man title! 👮🎉🇮🇳
— Krishna Prakash (@Krishnapips) January 20, 2021
Jai Hind 😊🇮🇳#IronMan #WednesdayMotivation pic.twitter.com/ytk7MvxPRv
Had passed civil service in 1998
Let us tell that the education of IPS Krishna Prakash has been
completed from Hazaribagh in Jharkhand. He passed the UPSC Civil Services
Examination in the year 1998. He got Maharashtra cadre.
News is originally taken from: https://www.gnttv.com/india/story/ips-officer-krishna-prakash-swam-from-gateway-of-india-to-elephanta-cave-first-person-in-the-world-to-do-so-533354-2023-03-27
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