Slovenian marathon swimmer Martin Strel (R), 52, puts on his wetsuit before beginning the final swim across Guajara Bay that branches off the Amazon River towards the port city of Belem, at the river's mouth, April 8, 2007, 67 days after beginning his swim last February 1 in the Amazon headwaters in Peru. Strel, who holds Guinness Book records for swimming the Danube in Europe, the Mississippi in the United States and the Yangtze in China, swam the length of the Amazon to break his own record for the world's longest swim, having swum 5,268 kms (3,274 miles) according to the organization's Amazon Swim website.
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