Bruce Gordon completed the first cross-lake swim of Lake Coeur d’Alene in Utah. “It was right around 19 miles. 21Ten.com Lifeshotz sponsored my swim,” explained Bruce about the unprecedented swim.

With hundreds of thousands of lakes around the world, it is inevitable that more and more unprecedented swims and world records will be set. A list of open water swimming and marathon swimming world records are listed here and here.

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