18 Maj 2024 EUROPEAN MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN WATER POLO, SWIMMING, DIVING, SYNCHRONIZED AND OPEN WATER SWIMMING, 2007 and 2018 urosdolenc
Slovenian marathon swimmer Martin Strel, 52, swims the final stretch across Guajará Bay that branches off the Amazon River towards the port city of Belem, at the river's mouth, April 8, 2007, 67 days after beginning his swim in the Amazon headwaters in Peru. Strel, who holds Guinness Book records for swimming the Danube in Europe, the Mississippi in the United States and the Yangtze in China, swam the length of the Amazon to break his own record for the world's longest swim, having swum 5,268 kms (3,274 miles) according to the organization's Amazon Swim website. REUTERS/Paulo Santos - RTR1OG0S 18 Maj 2024 MARTIN STREL urosdolenc