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Detailed explanation-1: -A French swimmer has set off from Japan aiming to become the first person to swim across the Pacific Ocean.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ben Lecomte has swum over 1, 753 miles through the Pacific Ocean since he set out from the Japanese coast at Choshi in June. Along the way, during a trip he hoped would be the first recorded trans-Pacific swimming passage, he’s run into turtles, been stung on the nose by jellyfish, and encountered mako sharks.

Detailed explanation-3: -’The Swim’ documents Ben Lecomte’s longest swim distance yet-5, 000 miles. Watch long-distance swimmer (and we mean long distance) Ben Lecomte swim 5, 000 miles across the Pacific Ocean. The journey took Lacomte approximately 6 months, swimming from Tokyo to San Francisco.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lecomte’s Atlantic swim raised money for cancer research. He completed the journey in 73 days, which led some people to question how he did it so fast, since that would require swimming an average of more than 50 miles per day. Lecomte was the first person to attempt the journey without a kickboard.