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Caitlin O’Reilly completes Oceans Seven at 20The Auckland swimmer covered the 42.5km Moloka’i Channel in 13 hours and 17 minutes.
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- O’Reilly completed her final Oceans Seven swim on her third attempt within a year and called the Moloka’i Channel the toughest of the seven.
- She took seven years and eight months to complete all seven crossings after beginning with Cook Strait at age 12.
- At 20, she is reported to be the youngest person and the ninth woman to complete all seven routes, while 34 people had previously done so.
- Her first Moloka’i attempt was abandoned in November after 16 hours with eight kilometres remaining, while the second ended after three hours in July because of unfavourable conditions.
I spent the rest of the time throwing up three times every half an hour, while just trying to just keep going.— Caitlin O’Reilly, describing her Moloka’i Channel swim as part of the Oceans Seven challenge.
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arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France
biologically propelled motion through a liquid medium; in contrast of passive swimming (floating); involves the expenditure of energy to travel to a desired location
self propulsion of a person through water or other liquid; mainly on the water surface
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