ENDURANCE SWIM
WORLD’S RECORD CLAIMED. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Calcutta, October 25. Swimming continuously for 79 hours 24 minutes at the Rangoon Jakes, R. Ghose, a young Bengali, claims to have broken the world’s record established by the German girl, Ruth Litzig, who in August swam for nearly 79 hours and later died in hospital. Ghose, though completely exhausted, was fully conscious.
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Southland Times, Issue 22157, 27 October 1933, Page 7
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62ENDURANCE SWIM Southland Times, Issue 22157, 27 October 1933, Page 7
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