Courtesy of Triathlon Taren, Winnipeg, Canada.

Jacques Marcoux finished an unprecedented 37 km swim along the Canadian portion of the Red River in Winnipeg in 8 hours 18 minutes. He started the swim with Taren Gesell who finished in 9 hours 4 minutes and Patrick Peacock, fellow triathletes.

Peacock pulled out of his first attempt after 6 hours 7 minutes, he was motivated to redeem himself.

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