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Noam Yaron tried to swim from Calvi to Monaco to raise awareness of the fate of the Mediterranean Sea.
Sport – so close to the goal. The Swiss swimmer Noam Yaron, who had launched the challenge of breaking the world record for the longest distance swam by connecting Calvi to Monaco, had to abandon his journey on Friday August 15 due to health problems that led to his hospitalization.
This ultra-endurance swimmer was planned to swim for five days and five nights, traveling 180 km without stopping, in order to raise awareness of the fate of the Mediterranean. “I do this to educate the whole world about the importance of preserving one of the most polluted seas in the world”, He said when he left Corsica on August 11.
After spending five days without sleep, cold, fatigue and burns caused by salt forced it to put an end to this crossing. He was then just two kilometers from the finish line. The sportsman was notably taken from hallucinations, reported to Ouest-France Charlotte Fighera, communication and security manager, and Caroline Caillet, project manager.
“At the end of my strengths”
“I went to the end of my strengths for nature”he said on Instagram after hospitalization. “We come back with news from Noam. The evolution of his state is reassuring. He still needs rest to recover from this superhuman effort that he has accomplished ”, Written those around him this Monday, August 18 on social networks.
In 2024, Noam Yaron had already embarked on the challenge of connecting in a Calvi and Monaco swimming to swimming. He then managed to travel a hundred kilometers, much less than during this second attempt.
