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Neil held three Maltese records each in the 400, 800, and 1500 m freestyle until one of them was broken by Edward Caruana Dingli in 2011. [1]On 30 June 2021 Agius might have established the new world record for the longest continuous unassisted open water swim - swimming 125.7 km from Linosa to Xlendi - to the Mediterranean archipelago of Gozo, Malta.
The world records in swimming are ratified by World Aquatics (formerly known as FINA), the international governing body of swimming. Records can be set in long course (50 metres) or short course (25 metres) swimming pools. World Aquatics recognizes world records in the following events for both men and women, [1] [2] except for the mixed relays ...
The swimming events at the 1896 Olympic Games were held in a bay in the Aegean Sea with swimmers being required to swim to the shore—Hungarian swimmer Alfréd Hajós won two gold medals that year, saying "My will to live completely overcame my desire to win."
Extreme adventurer Ross Edgley has broken the record for the longest ever open water swim in Loch Ness.
On 22 October 2014 McCardel completed an unprecedented swim from South Eleuthera Island to Nassau, Bahamas. 124.4 kilometers (77.3 miles) in 41 hours, 21 minutes.She set a new world record, longest unassisted ocean swim, conducted under the ‘Rules of Marathon Swimming’.
One year after breaking the world record for longest current-neutral swim for Lake Powell, Thomas broke the world record once more in 2017, this time by over 20 miles (32 km) in Lake Champlain. Her 104.6 miles (168.3 km) swim was the first current-neutral open water swim of over 100 miles, and as of 2021 [update] the world record for longest ...
Leon Marchand of France celebrates after setting a world record in the men’s 200m individual medley final during Day 2 of the World Swimming World Cup 2024 at the OCBC Aquatic Centre on Nov. 1 ...
Ross Edgley (born 13 October 1985) is a British athlete, ultra-marathon sea swimmer and author. He holds multiple world records, but is perhaps most recognised for completing the World's Longest Staged Sea Swim in 2018, [3] when he became the first person in history to swim 1,780 miles (2,860 km) [4] around Great Britain, in 157 days [4] (voted Performance of the Year by the World Open Water ...