Friday, 2. March 2007
Topic: SPORT - on March 2, 2007 at 4:02:00 PM CET
Slovenian swimmer nears halfway point in Amazon swim
Slovenian Martin Strel approached the halfway point of his attempt to swim the entire length of the Amazon river Thursday, trying to avoid severe burns, alligators and the dreaded bloodsucking toothpick fish.
The 52-year-old Strel has swum Europe's Danube River, China's Yangtze and the Mississippi, according to his support team. He has averaged about 90 kilometres a day since he began his 5,300-kilometre swim from the river's source in Peru on Feb. 1.
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