And the world record for swimming along in a sack with hands & feet tied up goes to..

[July 27, 2018]    OHRID, Macedonia (Reuters) - Swimming instructor, lifeguard and adventurer Yane Petkov - Bulgaria's answer to Houdini and Michael Phelps combined - reclaimed on Tuesday the Guinness world record for swimming along with his hands and feet tied while fully wrapped inside a sack.

Bulgarian Yane Petkov, 64, wants to set a new Guinness World Record by attempting to swim more than three kilometers at Macedonia's Lake Ohrid in a bag with his arms and legs tied up, in Ohrid, Macedonia July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

Petkov, 64, swam 3,380 meters in Macedonia’s Lake Ohrid, beating the record of Indian fisherman Gopal Kharvi, who in 2013 swam 3,071 meters in the Indian Ocean - though not in a sack.

The Bulgarian swimmer already had one entry in the Guinness Book of Records in 2013 with 2,030 meters, but he only held it for three months until he was overtaken by Kharvi.

Before his latest attempt, Petkov said he had planned to swim 3.5 kilometers, and Guinness observers were present for his swim, organized by the Red Cross and the waters sports clubs of Ohrid and Petric.

Petkov took around three hours to worm his way along through the water, face-up and feet first, before he emerged on the shore in the ancient town of Ohrid, a popular holiday resort.

(Reporting by Ognen Teofilovski; Writing by Aleksandar Vasovic; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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