Slovenian Martin Strel completed his swim of the entire 5,265-kilometer (3,272-mile) Amazon River, his son said, a 65-day odyssey in which he battled exhaustion and delirium while trying to avoid piranhas and the bloodsucking toothpick fish.Averaging about 80 kilometers (50 miles) a day since he started stroking in the Amazon's Peruvian headwaters on February 1, Strel fulfilled his goal near the city of Belem, 2,440 kilometers (1,515 miles) north of Rio de Janeiro. If confirmed by Guinness World Records, it will be the fourth time the 52-year-old has broken a world swimming distance record.
Source: CNN
Image: N24
Previously: Slovenian's Amazon swim
Tags: Swim | Amazon | Martin Strel | World Record
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