Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.
Damián Blaum successfully crossed the Río de La Plata, 42.2 km from Colonia Del Sacramento in Uruguay to Punta Lara in Argentina in 9 hours 6 minutes on his second attempt.
It was the second try by the 36-year-old Argentine 2008 Olympic swimmer who previously had to stop his first attempt at 21.1 km 4 hours 5 minutes after he started when government authorities determined his requisite documentation was not in order.
His swim was sanctioned by the Asociación Cruce a Nado Río de la Plata (ACNRP), the governing body that organizes and ratifies crossings of the Río de la Plata, known as the widest river in the world.
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