SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Slovenian Martin Strel, after braving crocodiles, piranhas, disease and the threat of an imminent heart attack, on Sunday completed a record-setting 66-day, 3,274-mile (5,268 km) swim down the Amazon River and was taken to a hospital.
Thousands of people were on hand in the Brazilian colonial city of Belem as an exhausted Strel, 52, made his final stroke, and was pulled from the water.
On Saturday, Strel had officially set a Guinness Book of World Records mark when he hit the 3,274-mile point, the swimmer's support team said on his Web site www.amazonswim.com....