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Two French swimmers, Matthieu and Chloe Leger Witvoet, said they had to end their attempt to swim across the Atlantic Ocean after 13 days because of damage to their support boat. In an Instagram post, Chloe Leger Witvoet said the captain told them a cable connecting the vessel’s two tillers and rudders snapped “probably due to the sea conditions and the pressure from the sea anchors.”

After 13 days at sea, trans-Atlantic dream sinks for French swimming duo

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Two French swimmers who aimed to swim across the Atlantic Ocean had to abandon the attempt after their support boat suffered damage.

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