TOKYO: Powerful storms have forced a Frenchman attempting to become the first person to swim cross the Pacific Ocean to suspend his bid, nearly two months into the mammoth undertaking.
Ben Lecomte set off on June 5 from Choshi in Japan, planning to swim across the ocean in six to eight months.
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