KEY WEST, Florida (Reuters) - Marathon swimmer Penny Palfrey, who failed on Sunday to complete a record breaking 103-mile (166-km) swim from Cuba to the United States, was bested by mighty Gulf Stream currents, her husband said.
Chris Palfrey, a long-distance swimmer himself, said the tricky currents were all that blocked his wife's bid to become the first marathoner to make the solo crossing through the treacherous Florida Straits without a shark cage.
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