Sarah Thomas Swims Channel for "All the survivors out there"...

Posted by Emilienne Rebel on Sep 17, 2019

Sarah Thomas, 37, a cancer survivor has become the first person to swim across the English Channel four times in a row non-stop.

Sarah began the epic challenge in the early hours of Sunday and finished after more than 54 hours. The open water ultra marathon swimmer - who completed treatment for breast cancer a year ago - dedicated her swim to "all the survivors out there".

The swim was due to be about 80 miles but because of strong tides Ms Thomas ended up swimming closer to 130 miles.

Ms Thomas completed the final leg on Tuesday at about 06:30 BST.

THANK YOU SARAH!! What an amazing achievement!

Speaking to the BBC after she came ashore at Dover, she said: "I just can't believe we did it.
"I'm really just pretty numb. There was a lot of people on the beach to meet me and wish me well and it was really nice of them, but I feel just mostly stunned."

She said she planned to sleep for the day, adding: "I'm pretty tired right now."

Swimmer Lewis Pugh said in a tweet: "Just when we think we've reached the limit of human endurance, someone shatters the records."

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THANK YOU SARAH!! What an amazing achievement!

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