Six Israeli swimmers hold the Israeli flag during a media presentation, a day after their attempt to claim the Guinness world record for open-water relay distance swimming, in the Herzliya Marina, near Tel Aviv October 11, 2014. The group of six swimmers have claimed a world record of 380 kilometres (236 miles) for open-water relay distance swimming after crossing the eastern Mediterranean from Cyprus to Israel. The Israeli team left Paphos at the western end of Cyprus on Oct. 5 and set the new mark on Friday when they reached the coast south of Tel Aviv but they remained on their support yacht and came ashore together on Saturday. The swim was completed in 123 hours 10 minutes, the World Open Water Swimming Association said on their website. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (ISRAEL – Tags: SPORT SWIMMING SOCIETY)
