Neil Agius beats world record for Longest Ocean Swim

The world record for the Longest Ocean Swim has just been broken by Maltese superhuman Neil Agius, who swam over 135km from Linosa to Malta, which took him approximately 50 hours. Agius had originally planned to break the record for Longest Open Water Swim in a journey from Tunisia to Malta, but changed course due to weather conditions.

Neil Agius completes world-breaking swim. 🌊

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Posted by Malta Daily on Wednesday, 30 June 2021

The longest continuous, unassisted, current neutral (tidally balanced) swim along a single-segment natural route in an ocean, sea, or bay world record was previously held by Chloe McCardel, an Australian swimmer who had swam 124.4km in 41 hours and 21 minutes back in October 2014.

Former Olympian and environmental activist Neil Agius started his non-stop journey on Monday evening from Linosa and had to battle strong currents and an ankle injury until he finally arrived in Xlendi this evening at 10pm, where numerous supporters eagerly awaited his arrival.

Agius organised the record swim in aid of Wave Of Change Malta, which is an NGO set up by Neil Agius himself with an environmental vocation aiming to fight against plastic pollution.

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Photo Credit: Kurt Arrigo.