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When the plans and dreams of a young swimmer are shattered by the United States' boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, God opens the door of new opportunities. For Paul Asmuth, then 22, it is the end of an unfulfilled dream, and the beginning of another journey, this one remarkable and life-changing. Plunging into the astounding, grueling, hypnotic, and often oddly beautiful world of international marathon swimming competitions, Asmuth experiences both triumph and tragedy, and, in a process as long and punishing as the marathon swims themselves, slowly discovers the best of himself. If you care for resumes, Asmuth is one of the most successful marathon swimmers in history. In the sapphire seas off Italy, in the frigid lakes of Quebec, Canada, in the marshy back bays of New Jersey, in the questionable waters ringing Manhattan, swimming distances from twenty to forty miles, Asmuth emerged victorious, often to thunderous acclaim. After multiple victories at the twenty-six-mile swim across Quebec's Lac Memphremagog, up to 20,000 spectators would cheer and call him "le roi" (the king) of their lake. But true victory is not a matter of accolades or medals, and the stories that mak

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Author

Paul Andrew Asmuth

Publisher

Elm Hill

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781595557636

Category

nonfiction