Mangalore, 25 Feb 2014: The state youth service, sports and fisheries minister K Abayachandra Jain on Tuesday February 25 handed over a cheque of Rs 1 lac that was awarded by the state government to ace swimmer Gopal Karvi, a native of Kodi Kanyana, near here who made entry into Guinness Record, by swimming from St Mary’s Island to Malpe beach, a distance of 3.7 kilometers on the Arabian Sea, by locking his hands and legs with handcuffs, which took him 2 hours 43 minutes and 35 seconds.