Dehydrated and exhausted, Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel successfully completed a 78-mile swim Wednesday in the Bahamas.
McCardel's support team says the 42 ½ hour effort is the longest open-water solo, continuous marathon swim in history, though such claims come with complications. The Marathon Swimmers Federation says it is difficult to compare marathon swims because of varying currents and other factors, including the fact that some previous efforts were not well documented...
Dehydrated and exhausted, Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel successfully completed a 78-mile swim Wednesday in the Bahamas.
McCardel's support team says the 42 ½ hour effort is the longest open-water solo, continuous marathon swim in history, though such claims come with complications. The Marathon Swimmers Federation says it is difficult to compare marathon swims because of varying currents and other factors, including the fact that some previous efforts were not well documented...
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