A35-YEAR-OLD BSF officer has become the first CAPF officer to successfully complete the Ironman challenge, one of the toughest triathlon events across the globe. Assistant Commandant Harish Kajla joined the country’s largest border-guarding force in 2012. He is currently on deputation posting to the NationalSecurityGuard(NSG). “Shri Harish Kajla, AC brings inlaurels to the Nation and the Force by successfully completing Iron Man Challenge, heldin Copenhagen,Denmark, becoming the first officer from CAPF to successfully complete the challenge,” the Border Security Force said on its official X handle on Monday.

 

The officer, as per the BSF, was“abletocompletetheevent and achieve this historic feat in a time of 12:42:25”. TheIronmanchallengecomprises three events which include3.8kilometresofswimming,180kilometresofcycling and 42.2 kilometres of full marathon.For the latest event, under the male 35-39 years of age category, the cut-off timing was 15:45:00, as per the Border Security Force.