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Special Saudi swimmer sets new women’s world record for Red Sea crossing

Saudi swimmer sets new women’s world record for Red Sea crossing

  • Mariam Saleh Binladen took just four hours to make the crossing from the Saudi island of Tiran to the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh
  • Binladen was accompanied in the water on her 9-kilometer swim by Lewis Pugh, a British South African endurance swimmer and UN patron of the oceans
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Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh: We need urgent climate action to save coral reefs

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