Stung, tired and in hospital - but swimmer sets world record

Thu, Oct 23rd 2014, 06:00 AM

 

ULTRA-marathon Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel carved her name into the history books early yesterday by swimming almost 80 miles unassisted from the southern tip of Eleuthera to New Providence – but spent the day in hospital as a result of severe jellyfish stings.
Ms McCardel painfully completed the longest open-water solo, unassisted marathon swim in world history, but not before enduring a dozen box jellyfish stings and dehydration, which has put her in the care of nurses at the Princess Margaret Hospital...

ULTRA-marathon Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel carved her name into the history books early yesterday by swimming almost 80 miles unassisted from the southern tip of Eleuthera to New Providence – but spent the day in hospital as a result of severe jellyfish stings.

Ms McCardel painfully completed the longest open-water solo, unassisted marathon swim in world history, but not before enduring a dozen box jellyfish stings and dehydration, which has put her in the care of nurses at the Princess Margaret Hospital...

 

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