Assam’s Ujjal Barua, from Sivasagar district, has won the Iron Man title which was recently held in Mexico.

Ujjal Barua from  Sivasagar is a resident of California.

Ujjal Barua is the nephew of Arjun Bhogeshwar Barua, the gold medalist who won the gold medal in the 800m race at the Asian Games.

Speaking on his victory after bagging the Iron Man title, Barua said, ”To win the title of ‘Ironman,’ participants are required to complete a 3.8-kilometre swim, a 180.2 kilometer-long bicycle ride, and a 42.2 kilometre run race in this exact order within 16 hours to bag the title for themselves” as quoted by IndiaTodayNE.

He also said that he  used to practice for 15 hours a week including activities such as swimming, biking, and running.

Meanwhile after getting to know about the achievement of Ujjal Barua, Arjun Bhogeshwar Baruah was extremely happy  and  elated by his nephew’s achievements.

Previously in 2018 , Abhijit Konwar , another athlete from Assam’s Dibrugarh district  had  won the title of Ironman which was then held in Malaysia.