Swimmer to reach 1,000-mile mark in his bid to cross Pacific
French swimmer Ben Lecomte, who is bidding to become the first person to swim across the Pacific Ocean, is set to reach nearly the 1,000 nautical miles mark of his journey. The 51-year-old, who set off from Japan, has to swim over 9,100km to complete his journey. Lecomte had swum across the Atlantic Ocean in 1998. 