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MUMBAI: Jiya Rai, 17, girl of Indian Navy sailor Madan Rai from Navy Nagar successful Colaba, became the archetypal pistillate para swimmer with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to successfully aquatics crossed the Catalina Channel successful the US solo.
She completed the 34-km aquatics successful 15 hours, 1 infinitesimal and 43 seconds.The officials said successful the 100-year past of Catalina Channel swimming, Jiya is the archetypal miss with ASD to execute this feat. She began her solo aquatics astatine midnight connected Sep 25 from Catalina Island and finished astatine San Pedro, California, successful the day of Sep 26.Jiya dedicated her aquatics to autism awareness. Her father, Madan Rai, told TOI: “She began swimming arsenic therapy and went connected to implicit an epic 1,100km relay aquatics from Mumbai to Goa and backmost successful 2022.
Her travel earned her the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (2022) — India’s highest honour for young achievers.” Rai noted successful the past 100 years, lone astir 500 persons person swum successful the Catalina Channel. “The transmission h2o is known for its treacherous currents, the h2o somesthesia successful Sept is 18 grade Celsius and tin origin hypothermia. There is simply a bully accidental of encountering jellyfish and unsafe oversea animals. Swimming during acheronian hours is the astir challenging part.”
