Swimmer Petar Stoychev Becomes First Bulgarian to Complete 3 Oceans Seven Marathons

Swimmer Petar Stoychev Becomes First Bulgarian to Complete 3 Oceans Seven Marathons

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Petar Stoychev became the first Bulgarian to swim the Strait of Gibraltar under the rules of Oceans seven - with a textile swimsuit, without neoprene. Thus, he became the first Bulgarian swimmer to successfully complete three of the seven most difficult marathons in the world, forming Oceans Seven, CE Report quotes BTA

Stoychev covered the distance from the European coast in the Spanish city of Tarifa to the African coast in Morocco in 3 hours and 46 minutes. The distance covered was 16.4 km.

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