After 100 hours in the sea to rally Corsica to Monaco at swimming, it failed 2 km from the finish

Swimming Monday August 11, 2025at 8 a.m., Noam Yaron has just linked Calvi off Monaco. He crossed 180 kilometers in the Mediterranean Seawithout ever getting out of the water, arriving this Friday, August 15, noon off Monaco. His state of health forced him to abandon almost two kilometers from the beaches. Doctors have taken care of it. Monday, August 18, he was still hospitalized. But his team says he’s going well.

“After such an effort, he would have been taken care of in order to undergo health tests. But we are reassured, he speaks and is doing well. His body will recover, he just needs rest, “said Chloé Gaillard of his communication team, Nice news.

A challenge to raise awareness

This route was not chosen at random: the swimmer wanted to cross The Pelagos sanctuarythe largest protected marine area in the Mediterranean Sea, the fruit of an agreement between France, Italy and Monaco, for Protection of marine mammals.

This 28 -year -old Swiss has launched this challenge with the aim of raising awareness of the protection of the Mediterranean, The most polluted sea in the world.

Last year, he tried the crossing, but had to stop his challenge after 48 hours Because of poor weather conditions.

By documenting its challenge, “the eco-sport” wishes to highlight The different issues that affect the Mediterranean Sea. With increasing maritime traffic, collisions between ships and cetaceans are the main cause of non -natural mortality from the latter.

During his crossing, Noam also pointed out Maritime heat wave with temperatures felt on the surface of the water of 30 ° C.

Its objective: to encourage governments to invest in improving the protection of the Pelagos sanctuary and thus aim 10 % strict protection by 2030.

A crossing under surveillance

Day and night, the swimmer has not set foot on earth. For this challenge, a team was in continuous contact with him. Every hour, he paused for 5 to 10 minutes to eat and drink.

A buoy was launched from the boat in particular containing bottles of water. To orient yourself, a light line was pulled by the boat.

“I still have a lot of pain,” he said Thursday morning before starting his penultimate day at sea. But I decided to outdo myself. On his Instagram account, his progress and his health were documented daily.

Because on the sleep side, Noam Yaron was 4 to 6 times a day a few minuteslying on the back, floating on the water. He also discovered, during his previous crossing, in 2024, that he was able to sleep while continuing to swim, “like the dolphins”, he specifies on video on his account.

But this technique does not allow you to rest enough. He has thus had repeatedly des hallucinations. His team says that he saw, for example, “a little mouse placed on the weighted rope on the catamaran”.

Immersed in water during almost 100 hourssalt has so well damaged it, burning his tongue and sometimes preventing him from speaking.

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