 摘要：
1月5日，西班牙人戴维·梅卡完成了从西班牙大陆到地中海西部伊比沙岛的长达26个小时的长距离游泳，全程长110公里。
Spanish long distance swimmer David Meca completed a 26-hour non-stop crossing from the Spanish mainland to the island of Ibiza Thursday, overcoming bouts of vomiting and swarms of jellyfish to do so.
1月5日，西班牙人戴维·梅卡完成了从西班牙大陆到地中海西部伊比沙岛的长达26个小时的长距离游泳，全程长110公里。
据路透社1月5日报道，梅卡在途中不仅要克服令人作呕的海水腥味，还得应付在他身旁游荡的水母。整个过程中，梅卡身着防冻的橡胶潜水衣，在3艘备有医务人员的救生艇陪伴下，不间断地游了26小时，全程长达110公里。现年30岁的梅卡在成功抵达后，只有依靠他人帮助才能上岸。本次110公里的游泳距离创造了梅卡的个人纪录。
2005年8月29日，梅卡完成了横渡英吉利海峡的壮举。当时他从英国的福克斯通出发，用时7小时22分钟，到达了法国北部的港口城市加莱，全程约32公里。遗憾的是，这一成绩未能打破1994年美国人亨德比创造的7小时17分的横渡最快纪录。此外，梅卡还曾经从美国旧金山附近的阿尔卡特拉兹岛绑着脚镣游到旧金山港。
2005年7月在第11届世界游泳锦标赛公开水域男子25公里的比赛中，梅卡以5小时00分21秒4的成绩获得冠军。
Spanish long distance swimmer David Meca completed a 26-hour non-stop crossing from the Spanish mainland to the island of Ibiza Thursday, overcoming bouts of vomiting and swarms of jellyfish to do so.
Meca, who swam crawl using only his arms to save energy, was accompanied by three support boats carrying medical staff.
Wearing a neoprene suit to help him withstand the cold, the 30-year-old swimmer had to be helped out of the water at the end of his 110 km (68 miles) ordeal.
The Javea-Ibiza odyssey is the longest yet for the swimmer, who has already crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and swum from the prison island of Alcatraz to San Francisco harbour with shackles on his feet.
Meca won gold in the 25 km (15 miles) open water event at the world swimming championships in Montreal last summer. | 
