The 37-year-old american Sarah Thomas became on Tuesday the first person who has swum across The English Channel four times without a break.
Maratonsvømmeren began on the first crossing of the channel early Sunday and ended more than 54 hours later – after having crossed the sea four times, reports the BBC.
Former has three swimmers crossed The English Channel three times without stopping.
Sarah Thomas, who last year was treated for breast cancer, has dedicated his achievement to all the survivors out there’.
She says that she used swimming as a means to cope through cancer treatment.
It was intended that Sarah Thomas had to travel a total distance of nearly 129 kilometers (80 miles), but because of the strong tidal current in the world and tidevandsbølger she came almost to swim 209 kilometers (130 miles).
– It is a triumph. She has tested the limits of human endurance, says the official supervisor of the record attempt, Kevin Murphy.
– It is overwhelming and incredibly inspiring. We were all very moved at last, he adds.
Thomas celebrated his record at Dover with champagne and chocolate, reports the BBC.
She swam nonstop for 54 hours and 10 minutes.
She swam across The English Channel for the first time in 2012 and again in 2016.
She wrote ahead of the rekordsvømningen on Facebook Saturday that she had been waiting for two years on this swimming.
– I Am 100 percent in shape? No, but I am in the best possible form for me right now, and after it, as I have been through, so I have more fire and fight in me than ever before.
