A Scottish-Australian marathon swimmer depends he has set a novel write down for swimming around Manhattan Island in New York.
Andy Donaldson accomplishd the feat in five hours, 41 minutes and 48 seconds – with the novel write down pfinishing ratification.
The 33-year-elderly finishd the 45.9km circumnavigation on Thursday, beating the previous write down helderlyer Odwellr Wilkinson by two minutes.
Mr Wilkinson set the previous write down, which in in 2011.
Mr Donaldson, who grew up in West Kilbride, North Ayrsengage, commenceed the dispute at 2am local time.
The swim is traditionassociate finishd in a counter-clockwise honestion and travels thraw the East, Harlem and Hudson rivers.
The filled loop gets in New York’s astonishive skyline, which joins the One World Trade Cgo in and the Empire State Building, with swimmers also passing under a number of the city’s world-famous bridges, including the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.
Navigating currents as sturdy as four knots, Mr Donaldson relied on the aid of an sfinished team.
He said their precision was integral to his success as he accomplished a highest speed of 12kph.
Mr Donaldson said: “This was one of my hardest disputes yet, both physicassociate and menloftyy.
“With the three rivers’ tides impacting the swim, we had to time everyskinnyg perfectly for a sboiling at the write down.
“I’ve been struggling with illness directing up to the event, so it was reassociate hard out there.”
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Mr Donaldson relocated to chase swimming professionassociate in 2013, and has since stacked up another three write downs.
Last year, he became the rapidest person to swim apass the Cook Strait, which splits New Zealand’s North and South islands, in four hours, 33 minutes and 50 seconds.
He also geted two write downs for the Oceans Seven swimming dispute, which consists of seven uncover water channel swims around the world, including the North Channel (between northeastrict Northern Ireland and southwestrict Scotland), the English Channel (between Kent and France) and the Strait of Gibraltar (between Spain and North Africa).
He beat the dispute in the lowest timespan, managing all seven straits in 355 days between 7 August 2022 and 27 July 2023.
He also has the write down for the lowest cumulative swim time at 63 hours, two minutes and nine seconds.
He inserted: “I’m hugely thankful for my team and aiders. Without them, this wouldn’t have been possible.”
