“You have to do it for love,” she said

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McCardel told RN Breakfast she’s been chasing the record for “a good five years.”


Chloe McCardel swims at sunrise, with silhouettes of ships on the horizon
Swims are tidal-dependent, meaning night crossings were scheduled during Chloe McCardel’s record-breaking race.(Getty: PA / Gareth Fuller)
“Marathon swimming is such an amazing and exciting sport. You are in nature… I find it so fascinating. “

Now that she has the file, she said she was unlikely to return.

“I’m really happy to retire as Queen,” she told Radio National, “44 is a lot. I don’t feel like going back, there’s no other record on the channel that excites me.

Chloe McCardel stands on rocks in her job function email database swimsuit with her arms in the air
Chloe McCardel’s last swim lasted 10 hours and 1 minute.(Getty: PA / Gareth Fuller)
“This record is truly the most prestigious and I’m just too happy to have it now.”

McCardel also holds the record for the longest unassisted ocean swim, a 124 km hike from South Eleuthera Island to Nassau in the Bahamas while in 2015 she conquered a triple nonstop Channel crossing, in nearly 37 hours.

McCardel’s record perpetuates Australia’s love for Channel swimming.

Australian Trent Grimsey holds the record for the fastest crossing of all time, at 6 hours and 55 minutes, which he set in 2012.