For the first time in history: American 4 who has conquered cancer swam across the English Channel without stopping. VIDEO

37-year-old American Sarah Thomas, who recently recovered from breast cancer, swam across the English Channel 4 times without stopping. For the first time in history, they managed to do it. Writes about it with the BBC.

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She dedicated the swim to everyone who fights cancer and who managed to defeat the disease.

Ultra distance swimmer Sarah Thomas started on the morning of Sunday 15 September and completed the swim at around 6:30am local time on Tuesday 17 September - a total of 54 hours and 10 minutes in the water. Due to strong currents and tides, instead of an 80-mile distance (130 km), Sarah Thomas covered 134 miles (215,65 km).

Previously, none of the swimmers had crossed the English Channel four times in a row without stopping. Only four people were able to cross the English Channel three times without stopping before.

"I just can't believe we did it," Sarah Thomas said after swimming to Dover, Britain.

“Each part of the journey was difficult in its own way. The last stretch - from the coast of France to Dover - was very difficult. It seemed like it took forever, I kept getting swept back by the current,” Sarah Thomas said.

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According to Thomas, the hardest thing was to endure the troubles caused by salt water: because of constant contact with salt water, the mucous membrane of the mouth suffered.

“I was bitten in the face by a jellyfish. And although it was not as cold as I thought, it was still quite cool. My team did everything to help me stay strong,” said Sarah Thomas.

A new record was celebrated on the banks of Dover with champagne and chocolate. However, Sarah Thomas was not able to fully join the celebration: due to severe fatigue, she was able to eat only a small piece of chocolate.

Sarah Thomas said she hopes to get a good night's sleep after the swim. “I feel very tired right now,” she admitted.

Official observer Kevin Murphy called Sarah Thomas a triumph.

“It's a triumph; it has set new limits on the limits of human endurance. This is amazing and very inspiring. At the end of the swim we reacted to everything very emotionally,” said Kevin Murphy.

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British rower, multiple Olympic champion Matthew Clive Pinsent also expressed admiration for Sarah Thomas's swim. According to him, she showed fantastic endurance.

British ultra-distance swimmer Lewis Pugh called Sarah Thomas a “superhuman”. “Incredible, amazing, just superhuman. Just when we think we've reached the limits of human endurance, along comes someone who breaks the records," Lewis Pugh tweeted.

On the evening of Saturday, 14 of September, on the eve of the swim, she admitted that she was afraid of the task that she had set for herself.

“I've been waiting for this swim for over two years and I had to fight hard to finally get here. Am I 100% ready? No. But I will show the best result that I am capable of now,” said Sarah Thomas on the eve of the swim.

In 2018, Sarah Thomas was diagnosed with breast cancer.

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“In October, I found a tumor in my chest. In November, I was officially diagnosed with breast cancer. This time last year I couldn’t swim, and I didn’t even imagine that I would be able to in the future,” said Sarah Thomas.

She dedicated the swim to everyone who fights cancer and those who managed to defeat the disease.

“This is dedicated to you, those who have just begun their journey of fighting the disease and those for whom the disease is a thing of the past, and all those who are still fighting it. You are all in my heart and I will sail for your health and future. We are stronger together, each and every one of us,” she wrote on Facebook before the swim.

According to team members Thomas, swimming for her was one of the tools that helped her through a difficult course of treatment.

Before illness, Sarah Thomas was an experienced long-distance swimmer. She made her first open water swim in the 2007 year, and the English Channel she first sailed in the 2012 year, and then again crossed the strait in 2016.

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The mother of the athlete Becky Baxter admitted that although she had accompanied her daughter during various swims, this one was the most frightening. According to Baxter, during the swim, Sarah began to have pains in her stomach, and the team was worried about the condition of the athlete.

During the swim, Sarah Thomson did not eat anything - her entire diet consisted of an isotonic drink containing proteins and caffeine.

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