<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brojen_Das" id="mw_w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Brojen Das">Brojen Das</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh" id="mwAQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> swims across the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Channel" id="mwAQE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> in a competition as the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengalis" id="mwAQI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bengalis">Bengali</a> and the first Asian to do so, placing first among the 39 competitors.