Hallucinations and a bottle of Coca-Cola: The final kilometres of Kubkowski's historic swim across the Baltic
Polish swimmer Bartłomiej Kubkowski has successfully swum 160 km across the Baltic Sea in 55 hours. The feat, achieved on his fifth attempt, raised significant funds for the Cancer Fighters Foundation.
Why it matters
It highlights extreme human endurance and the use of athletic challenges to drive successful charitable fundraising for cancer research.
Three has always been the number associated with 'charm', but for Bartłomiej “Foka” Kubkowski’s, it was five, as that is how many attempts it took to swim across the Baltic Sea.On Sunday at around 8 pm local time, the swimmer came ashore at Dziwnów beach in Poland, which was a condition for completing the challenge.In total, he swam 160 km in 55 hours. His feat helped the Cancer Fighters Foundation raise nearly 850,000 zlotys (€197,421) for the fight against cancer, and the fundraising campaign is still ongoing.Several previous attempts to swim across the Baltic Sea ended for the record-holder almost at the final stretch.
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