Swimmer breaks world record – level 2

Swimmer breaks world record

23-06-2022 07:00

Chilean swimmer Barbara Hernandez broke the world record. She swam between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans in Southern Chile.

Hernandez swam one nautical mile, which was the distance of 1.852 kilometers. She swam the distance in 15 minutes and three seconds. The swim was very difficult because the water was extremely cold. The water was only between six to seven degrees Celsius, and people had to make sure that Hernandez didn’t suffer from hypothermia.

Nobody ever swam one nautical mile in such a harsh place, and people call Hernandez the ‘ice mermaid’. She said that she was proud of her record, and she wanted all Chilean people to be happy like her.

Difficult words: nautical (related to ships, sailors or the sea), hypothermia (a dangerous situation when the body gets too cold), mermaid (a sea creature who has the body of a woman and a tail of a fish).

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