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Santo Domingo.- Dominican open water swimmer Marcos Diaz managed to cross the Strait of Magellan, in one hour, two minutes and 34 seconds, announced Friday Tuto Guerrero, his trainer and audio-visual producer.

With his new feat defying cold water temperatures and the strong Antarctic current, Diaz becomes the first man to swim across both ends of the world; the Bering and Magellan straits.

Diaz and his team had been in Punta Arenas, Chile for more than 10 days, waiting for the strong winds to quell, allowing the athlete to swim across the inhabited world’s southernmost point.

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Written by: ateo2010 This user is banned, 10 Feb 2012 5:04 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Owning Noobs
This guy is amazing why doesn't he appear on national TV! he deserves the attention :0

Long live DR and Marcos Diaz.
Written by: Atabey, 10 Feb 2012 5:28 PM
From: United States, NYC
Those waters must be awfully cold even now, so it's not an easy swim he's gotten himself into.

Kudos to Marcos Diaz!!
Written by: RoyStone, 10 Feb 2012 7:51 PM
From: Australia
Absolutely, ateo2010, as I said before, worth more than 10 base-ball gods, and certainly more interesting than any base-ball game. Congratulations Marcos!

Written by: zooma, 11 Feb 2012 7:21 AM
From: United States


Great achievement !!!!!
Written by: VFRodriguez, 11 Feb 2012 9:29 AM
From: Dominican Republic
This is a great step! This information needs more data. For instance, how many kilometers separates Punta Arenas to the point he reached.
Written by: RoyStone, 11 Feb 2012 9:40 AM
From: Australia
VFRodriguez,
It is only a one-hour swim. The distance is not the point, its the location. The water is almost freezing and is in one of the most inhospitable places on earth. For someone from a tropical country where very few can actually swim properly, and can't plan much more than an early flight, it is a great achievement, even to get there.
I am wondering just how "Dominican" he is, since some reports say he is Dominican-American.

Written by: VFRodriguez, 11 Feb 2012 9:56 AM
From: Dominican Republic
He is a "dominicano de pura sepa". As much dominican as I am. And I am proud of that.
Written by: dreadlocks, 11 Feb 2012 10:05 AM
From: United States
this guy is awesome, whoever he is. to brave those temperatures is a mind boggling feat. i have nothing but the ultimate respect for him.
Written by: RoyStone, 2 Apr 2012 10:46 PM
From: Australia
VFRodriguez,
So how far you swim with your Dominican blood?
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