India's open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma has set a world record by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degree temperature in the Antarctic Ocean. She bettered the earlier record of British open water swimmer Lewis Pugh and American swimmer Lynne Cox. The 24-year old is now the first Asian girl and youngest in the world to have achieved this feat.Bhakti has been pursuing open water swimming for the last 10 years. She has now conquered all the five oceans of the world. She is also the winner of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded India's open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma for her accomplishment of setting a world record, by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes across the waters of Antarctic Ocean, at a temperature of one degree Celsius. In a tweet, Mr Modi said, India is proud of Bhakti Sharma for her accomplishments.