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Detailed explanation-1: -Veteran Assamese swimmer Elvis Ali Hazarika - has become the first from the North East to cross the North Channel. The North Channel is the strait between north-eastern Northern Ireland and south-western Scotland.

Detailed explanation-2: -Snehan, a fourteen-year-old boy from India is the youngest in the world to swim in the North Channel, the strait between Northern Ireland and south-western Scotland.

Detailed explanation-3: -Assam: Elvis Ali Hazarika becomes first Assamese to swim from Dharamtar Jetty to Gateway of India. Assam’s Elvis Ali Hazarika became the first Assamese to swim from Dharamtar Jetty to the Gateway of India.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ace Assam swimmer, Elvis Ali Hazarika, became the oldest Indian and the first from the Northeast to cross the North Channel, a strait linking the Irish Sea with the North Atlantic Ocean.

Detailed explanation-5: -Both the women’s and men’s best swimmer awards went to Assam, namely Jahnabi Kashyap (four gold) and Jananjoy Jyoti Hazarika (three gold, one silver). In addition to their 20 gold medals, Assam also claimed 12 silver and four bronze medals.