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Nejib Belhedi Swims Along The International Date Line

Nejib Belhedi Swims Along The International Date Line

Steven Munatones 08/18/2013 Open Water Swimming No Comment
Escorted by Carol Breiter and a local support crew, Nejib Belhedi of Tunisia completed a south-to-north 4 km solo swim along the International Date Line yesterday near Little Diomede Island in the Bering Strait after being delayed by weather conditions.

“He entered the water sans a wetsuit at 16:28 and exited 37 minutes later on Little Diomede Island with a north-running current that assisted in the swim. The water temperature was 2ºC or about 36ºF,” explains Breiter.

The locals can really read the conditions. I told them what we needed. We were prepared and expecting to spend two hours out there. Nejib was heavily greased and I had heated up over a gallon of food, ready to feed every 15 minutes. They put him in where the current sweeps by the island and we went up the coast. One of the older seamen/hunters told me that the current was going at least 6 or 7 mph. We were flying up the coast! This was an amazing experience.”

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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference.  He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984).  Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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