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A man attempting to cross the English Channel has died just a mile short of reaching France, organisers have said.
The cross-channel swimmer, named in reports as Nick Thomas, 45, from Ellesmere in Shropshire, was pulled unconscious from the water as he neared the end of the 21-mile endurance feat.
A spokesman for the governing body, the Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation, confirmed a man had died.
He said: "A swimmer was taken from the water less than a mile from the finish in France.
"There was an extremely experienced support team on board the support vessel. He was given CPR and taken to Calais where he was sadly pronounced dead.
"It is an extreme sport, we know the risks. He was doing what he loved doing. Our thoughts are with his family."
A man attempting to cross the English Channel has died just a mile short of reaching France, organisers have said.
The cross-channel swimmer, named in reports as Nick Thomas, 45, from Ellesmere in Shropshire, was pulled unconscious from the water as he neared the end of the 21-mile endurance feat.
A spokesman for the governing body, the Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation, confirmed a man had died.
He said: "A swimmer was taken from the water less than a mile from the finish in France.
"There was an extremely experienced support team on board the support vessel. He was given CPR and taken to Calais where he was sadly pronounced dead.
"It is an extreme sport, we know the risks. He was doing what he loved doing. Our thoughts are with his family."
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