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Mar 2, 2024 · The longest distance ever swam was achieved by a Spanish man named Pablo Fernandez, who managed to swim 250 kilometers (approx 155.34 miles) in July 2021. Attempted over the course of two days (July 19 and 20), Fernandez managed to complete the record in Florida, beating a previous record that had stood for more than 15 years at the time.
Mar 3, 2024 · After almost a minute and a half under the frozen lake, Rogan emerged conscious and triumphant as the new world record holder for longest swim under ice without fins or a wetsuit — 19 years...
Mar 5, 2024 · Nyad became a world-renowned swimmer in the 1970s, and made headlines in 1975 at age 25 for setting a world record by swimming around the island of Manhattan in less than eight hours — beating...
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3 days ago · List of world records in swimming - Wikipedia. Caeleb Dressel holds the most world swimming records in men's swimming with six (four individual and two relays). Sarah Sjöström holds the most individual world records in women's swimming with four. She is tied with Katie Ledecky and Kaylee McKeown.
Mar 9, 2024 · Mar. 1, 2024, 10:53 PM ET (AP) How (and where) to watch Oscar-nominated films online. Diana Nyad (born August 22, 1949, New York City, New York, U.S.) American distance swimmer and journalist who, in 2013, became the first person to complete a swim from Cuba to Florida without the protection of a shark cage.
Mar 12, 2024 · American swimmers built the longest streaks in Olympic swimming history in individual events: In the men’s 100 and 200 backstroke, U.S. swimmers won six straight gold medals from 1996 to 2016.
Mar 6, 2024 · Tokyo, 2020. The Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, saw the United States finish atop the gold medal standings in swimming for the eighth consecutive Olympic Games.