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Limbless Phillipe Croizon completes swim to link five continents

Phillipe Croizon, who lost all his limbs in an electrocution accident, has completed a swim to link five continents

French Phillipe Croizon, who lost all his limbs in an electrocution accident, has completed a swim to link five continents. Using tailor-made flippers, Philippe Croizon, 44, finished his quest by crossing between the US island of Little Diomede and Great Diomede in Russia, joining Asia and the Americas. He has swum three other straits since [...]

Limbless Philippe Croizon completes first part of swimming between five continents challenge

Philippe Croizon swam from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia with long-distance swimmer Arnaud Chassery and a local man who joined them to show his support

Philippe Croizon, a Frenchman who lost his limbs in an accident, has completed the first part of his challenge to swim between five continents. Philippe Croizon swam from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia with long-distance swimmer Arnaud Chassery and a local man who joined them to show his support. He uses prosthetic limbs with flippers [...]

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