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The Londoner didn’t make it very far before having to be rescued with the assistance of a helicopter.
Olympic athletes can make competing in their events look simple. But one man found out swimming definitely isn’t as easy as Ryan Lochte， Michael Phelps or Julia Wilkinson make it seem.
A 34-year-old， unnamed London man was apparently so gripped by Olympic fever that he decided to swim from Biarritz， France to New York.
The man told his friends while they were on vacation in the beach town that he was going to deliver some Olympic spirit across the Atlantic and jumped in the water， according to Daily Mail.
His friends thought he was joking， but because he was a strong swimmer they let him go. Even if he was a strong swimmer， he hadn’t trained and set out without any equipment， according to Gapyear.
He swam out past the 300-meter buoys which marked the end of the legal swimming area and kept going. But he didn’t make anywhere near America.
Because he was out of sight， the lifeguards had to call in a helicopter to find him. A diver dropped into the sea and explained it probably was a bad idea to swim across the Atlantic Ocean. But the man said he was a strong swimmer and felt up to it. A rescue dinghy arrived around the same time and brought the man back to shore.
“He was a bit naive，” said Laurent Saintespes， senior officer at Biarritz airbase to AFP. “But at a time when the Olympics are taking place in London you have to see the funny side of things.”
If he swam in a direct line it would be about 5，800 km. That’s more than 25 times the longest distance ever swum unassisted in open water and 580 times longer than the longest Olympic swimming event. The longest open water swim was set by Veljko Rogosic when he swam across the Adriatic Sea.
However， someone has swum across the Atlantic Ocean， but it was assisted. Benoit Lecomte did it in 1998 to raise money for cancer and completed it with wetsuits， an electromagnetic field to ward off sharks and a 13-meter long support boat. He swam for eight hours a day and would rest and eat on the boat when not swimming. It was a good thing he had the shark fence， because a great white shark followed him for five days of his 73-day journey.
英国一男子试图 从法国游到美国
奥运选手之间的激烈竞争让运动项目看起来如此简单。但是有一个人却发现游泳完全不像瑞安·洛赫特、迈克尔·菲尔普斯或者茱莉亚·威尔金森表现得那么简单。
一个三十四岁的伦敦无名男子显然过于沉迷在奥运狂热之中，以至于决定从比亚里茨（法国西南部城市）游到纽约。
据伦敦的每日邮报报道，这位男子正和朋友们在这个海滨城市度假，突然告诉他们自己想将奥运精神传递到大西洋彼岸，于是跳进了水里。
他的朋友们觉得他是在开玩笑，但是因为他很擅长游泳，所以朋友们就随他去了。据Gapyear网报道，虽然他擅长游泳，但是他从来没有受过专业训练而且没有携带任何装备。
他游过了标志着法定游泳范围的三百米浮标并继续向前。但他并没有游到任何接近美国的地方。
因为看不到他了，救生员不得不召来了一架直升机去找他。一个跳水员跳进海里，向该男子解释游过大西洋也许是个糟糕的想法。但是他说自己擅长游泳，觉得能完成这个任务。一个救生筏几乎同时到达了，将这名男子带回了海岸。
“他有点太天真了。”比亚里茨空军基地长官劳伦·圣特斯普斯对法新社记者说，“但因为奥运会正在伦敦举办时，你得看到事情有趣的一面。”
如果他以直线游完，全程大约为5800千米。这是有史以来开放水域未经协助游泳距离最长记录的25倍，是奥运游泳比赛最长项目的580倍。开放水域最长游泳距离是由威尔克·罗格斯克横渡亚得里亚海（地中海的一部分）时创造的记录。
但是，的确有人横渡了大西洋，但他是在有帮助的情况下完成的。贝努瓦·勒孔特在1998年为了给癌症患者筹措捐款横渡了大西洋，他横渡时穿着防寒泳衣，用一个电磁场驱开鲨鱼，还有一艘13米的支援船。他每天游八个小时，不游的时候可以在船上休息和用餐。有一个隔离鲨鱼的栅栏对他而言的确是件好事，因为有条大白鲨在他73天的旅程中足足跟了他五天。 （译言）
Olympic athletes can make competing in their events look simple. But one man found out swimming definitely isn’t as easy as Ryan Lochte， Michael Phelps or Julia Wilkinson make it seem.
A 34-year-old， unnamed London man was apparently so gripped by Olympic fever that he decided to swim from Biarritz， France to New York.
The man told his friends while they were on vacation in the beach town that he was going to deliver some Olympic spirit across the Atlantic and jumped in the water， according to Daily Mail.
His friends thought he was joking， but because he was a strong swimmer they let him go. Even if he was a strong swimmer， he hadn’t trained and set out without any equipment， according to Gapyear.
He swam out past the 300-meter buoys which marked the end of the legal swimming area and kept going. But he didn’t make anywhere near America.
Because he was out of sight， the lifeguards had to call in a helicopter to find him. A diver dropped into the sea and explained it probably was a bad idea to swim across the Atlantic Ocean. But the man said he was a strong swimmer and felt up to it. A rescue dinghy arrived around the same time and brought the man back to shore.
“He was a bit naive，” said Laurent Saintespes， senior officer at Biarritz airbase to AFP. “But at a time when the Olympics are taking place in London you have to see the funny side of things.”
If he swam in a direct line it would be about 5，800 km. That’s more than 25 times the longest distance ever swum unassisted in open water and 580 times longer than the longest Olympic swimming event. The longest open water swim was set by Veljko Rogosic when he swam across the Adriatic Sea.
However， someone has swum across the Atlantic Ocean， but it was assisted. Benoit Lecomte did it in 1998 to raise money for cancer and completed it with wetsuits， an electromagnetic field to ward off sharks and a 13-meter long support boat. He swam for eight hours a day and would rest and eat on the boat when not swimming. It was a good thing he had the shark fence， because a great white shark followed him for five days of his 73-day journey.
英国一男子试图 从法国游到美国
奥运选手之间的激烈竞争让运动项目看起来如此简单。但是有一个人却发现游泳完全不像瑞安·洛赫特、迈克尔·菲尔普斯或者茱莉亚·威尔金森表现得那么简单。
一个三十四岁的伦敦无名男子显然过于沉迷在奥运狂热之中，以至于决定从比亚里茨（法国西南部城市）游到纽约。
据伦敦的每日邮报报道，这位男子正和朋友们在这个海滨城市度假，突然告诉他们自己想将奥运精神传递到大西洋彼岸，于是跳进了水里。
他的朋友们觉得他是在开玩笑，但是因为他很擅长游泳，所以朋友们就随他去了。据Gapyear网报道，虽然他擅长游泳，但是他从来没有受过专业训练而且没有携带任何装备。
他游过了标志着法定游泳范围的三百米浮标并继续向前。但他并没有游到任何接近美国的地方。
因为看不到他了，救生员不得不召来了一架直升机去找他。一个跳水员跳进海里，向该男子解释游过大西洋也许是个糟糕的想法。但是他说自己擅长游泳，觉得能完成这个任务。一个救生筏几乎同时到达了，将这名男子带回了海岸。
“他有点太天真了。”比亚里茨空军基地长官劳伦·圣特斯普斯对法新社记者说，“但因为奥运会正在伦敦举办时，你得看到事情有趣的一面。”
如果他以直线游完，全程大约为5800千米。这是有史以来开放水域未经协助游泳距离最长记录的25倍，是奥运游泳比赛最长项目的580倍。开放水域最长游泳距离是由威尔克·罗格斯克横渡亚得里亚海（地中海的一部分）时创造的记录。
但是，的确有人横渡了大西洋，但他是在有帮助的情况下完成的。贝努瓦·勒孔特在1998年为了给癌症患者筹措捐款横渡了大西洋，他横渡时穿着防寒泳衣，用一个电磁场驱开鲨鱼，还有一艘13米的支援船。他每天游八个小时，不游的时候可以在船上休息和用餐。有一个隔离鲨鱼的栅栏对他而言的确是件好事，因为有条大白鲨在他73天的旅程中足足跟了他五天。 （译言）