TOKYO (Reuters) - Ben Lecomte has crossed the 1,000 nautical mile (1,852 km) mark of his epic bid to become the first man to swim across the Pacific Ocean.
The 51-year-old Frenchman set off from Japan on June 5, aiming to swim roughly eight hours a day on his 9,100-km odyssey to San Francisco. He is currently around 20 percent of the way across the world's largest expanse of water.
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