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The Catalina Channel, 32.5 kilometres (20.2 mi) between Catalina Island and the California mainland; The 20 Bridges Swim (formerly known as Manhattan Island Swim), a 48.5-kilometre (30.1 mi) circumnavigation of Manhattan Island, New York City. As of October 2023, 366 swimmers had earned this distinction. [1]
He completed the 28.5-mile 20 Bridges swim last fall and even attempted to swim across Lake Michigan in 2023, though he was halted at the halfway point after a mechanical failure on his support boat.
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The Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming comprises three marathon swims: (1) 21 mi (34 kilometers) across the English Channel, (2) 20.1 mi (32.3 kilometers) between Catalina Island and the mainland in Southern California, USA, and (3) 28.5 mi (45.9 kilometers) around Manhattan Island in New York City, USA.
Donaldson is a three-time world record holder, [1] most notably for the fastest time to complete the Oceans Seven marathon swim challenge. [1] On 19 September 2024, he broke the world record for the Manhattan Island Swim, completing the 45.9 km course in 5 hours, 41 minutes and 48 seconds. [2]
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 ...
Earlier, Corson had completed the swim around Manhattan Island, a distance of 42 miles, and had also completed the swim from Albany, New York, to New York City, swimming the distance in a total of 5 days, 3 hours and 11.5 minutes. The straight-line distance between the two points is 143 miles, but Corson swam an extra 10 miles due to various ...
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