A US cancer survivor has become the first person to swim across the Channel four times non-stop 🏊♀️ Sarah Thomas completed the challenge in just over 54 hours, arriving in Dover in the early morning. Read more about her record-breaking challenge here 🏅
The 37-year-old also had to deal with"a lot of jellyfish".
She said she had been"very prepared" for the weather, currents and cold water, but admitted to feeling"pretty out of it" afterwards.The swimmer was fuelled by electrolyte and caffeine-filled drinks and a friend occasionally jumped into the water to pass her food and drink. Elaine Howley, a member of Ms Thomas's support team, said of the achievement:"It's unfathomable, it's super human, it's just extraordinary.
"I'm not sure there are enough superlatives out there to explain what this meant on many different levels."Ms Howley said:"Knowing the year that she's been through, with the cancer, it's really important, it's huge for her." Oceans campaigner Lewis Pugh, who swam the length of the Channel last year, wrote on Twitter:"Extraordinary, amazing, super-human!!! Just when we think we've reached the limit of human endurance, someone shatters the records.Extraordinary, amazing, super-human!!! Just when we think we’ve reached the limit of human endurance, someone shatters the records.
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