{"id":15324,"date":"2026-07-21T20:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/open-swim.com\/?p=15324"},"modified":"2026-07-17T21:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T20:49:24","slug":"traversee-de-la-manche-a-la-nage-defi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/open-swim.com\/fr\/traversee-de-la-manche-a-la-nage-defi\/","title":{"rendered":"La travers\u00e9e de la Manche \u00e0 la nage : le d\u00e9fi d&rsquo;une vie en eau libre"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15324\" class=\"elementor elementor-15324\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-685c99d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"685c99d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c9b941 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c9b941\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>La <span style=\"background-color: #fede6f; border-radius: 1000px; padding-left: 0.25em; padding-right: 0.25em;\"><strong>travers\u00e9e de la Manche \u00e0 la nage<\/strong> <\/span>est l&rsquo;un des plus grands d\u00e9fis de la <strong data-start=\"642\" data-end=\"667\">natation en eau libre<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Entre les courants, le froid, les mar\u00e9es et une distance pouvant d\u00e9passer 40 kilom\u00e8tres, cette aventure attire chaque ann\u00e9e des nageurs du monde entier. En 2018, <strong>Alain Simac-Lejeune<\/strong> et <strong>trois compagnons<\/strong> se sont lanc\u00e9 un objectif ambitieux :<strong> battre le record du monde de la travers\u00e9e de la Manche en relais<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8086376 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8086376\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Un r\u00eave n\u00e9 de l'eau libre<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef78bfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef78bfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"1014\" data-end=\"1110\">Avant m\u00eame ce projet, <span style=\"background-color: #fede6f; border-radius: 1000px; padding-left: 0.25em; padding-right: 0.25em;\"><strong>Alain Simac-Lejeune <\/strong><\/span>\u00e9tait d\u00e9j\u00e0 reconnu dans le monde de l&rsquo;<strong>ultra-endurance<\/strong>. Quelques mois auparavant, il avait \u00e9tabli deux records remarquables :<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9729f57 elementor-align-start elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"9729f57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-medal\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M223.75 130.75L154.62 15.54A31.997 31.997 0 0 0 127.18 0H16.03C3.08 0-4.5 14.57 2.92 25.18l111.27 158.96c29.72-27.77 67.52-46.83 109.56-53.39zM495.97 0H384.82c-11.24 0-21.66 5.9-27.44 15.54l-69.13 115.21c42.04 6.56 79.84 25.62 109.56 53.38L509.08 25.18C516.5 14.57 508.92 0 495.97 0zM256 160c-97.2 0-176 78.8-176 176s78.8 176 176 176 176-78.8 176-176-78.8-176-176-176zm92.52 157.26l-37.93 36.96 8.97 52.22c1.6 9.36-8.26 16.51-16.65 12.09L256 393.88l-46.9 24.65c-8.4 4.45-18.25-2.74-16.65-12.09l8.97-52.22-37.93-36.96c-6.82-6.64-3.05-18.23 6.35-19.59l52.43-7.64 23.43-47.52c2.11-4.28 6.19-6.39 10.28-6.39 4.11 0 8.22 2.14 10.33 6.39l23.43 47.52 52.43 7.64c9.4 1.36 13.17 12.95 6.35 19.59z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>102,134 km parcourus en bassin de 25 m\u00e8tres<\/b> <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-medal\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M223.75 130.75L154.62 15.54A31.997 31.997 0 0 0 127.18 0H16.03C3.08 0-4.5 14.57 2.92 25.18l111.27 158.96c29.72-27.77 67.52-46.83 109.56-53.39zM495.97 0H384.82c-11.24 0-21.66 5.9-27.44 15.54l-69.13 115.21c42.04 6.56 79.84 25.62 109.56 53.38L509.08 25.18C516.5 14.57 508.92 0 495.97 0zM256 160c-97.2 0-176 78.8-176 176s78.8 176 176 176 176-78.8 176-176-78.8-176-176-176zm92.52 157.26l-37.93 36.96 8.97 52.22c1.6 9.36-8.26 16.51-16.65 12.09L256 393.88l-46.9 24.65c-8.4 4.45-18.25-2.74-16.65-12.09l8.97-52.22-37.93-36.96c-6.82-6.64-3.05-18.23 6.35-19.59l52.43-7.64 23.43-47.52c2.11-4.28 6.19-6.39 10.28-6.39 4.11 0 8.22 2.14 10.33 6.39l23.43 47.52 52.43 7.64c9.4 1.36 13.17 12.95 6.35 19.59z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>48 heures de nage ininterrompue <\/b><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e6bde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47e6bde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"1275\" data-end=\"1363\">Ces performances illustrent une v\u00e9ritable passion pour les d\u00e9fis aquatiques hors normes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1365\" data-end=\"1411\">Rapidement, t<strong>rois amis rejoignent l&rsquo;aventure<\/strong> :<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3504863 elementor-align-start elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"3504863\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8zm0 448c-110.5 0-200-89.5-200-200S145.5 56 256 56s200 89.5 200 200-89.5 200-200 200z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>Vincent Leblond<\/b><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8zm0 448c-110.5 0-200-89.5-200-200S145.5 56 256 56s200 89.5 200 200-89.5 200-200 200z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>Gilles Grabski<\/b><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8zm0 448c-110.5 0-200-89.5-200-200S145.5 56 256 56s200 89.5 200 200-89.5 200-200 200z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Romera <\/b> <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4061f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4061f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tous partagent le m\u00eame go\u00fbt pour la <strong data-start=\"1503\" data-end=\"1528\">natation en eau libre<\/strong>, les longues sorties en lac et les d\u00e9fis en milieu naturel.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb8b2a1 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb8b2a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Un objectif : battre le record du monde<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d82271d elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d82271d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"1852\" data-end=\"1927\">Le record du monde du relais \u00e9tait alors d\u00e9tenu par une \u00e9quipe br\u00e9silienne. <strong data-start=\"1929\" data-end=\"1961\">Temps \u00e0 battre : 8 h 22 min.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1963\" data-end=\"2051\">Habituellement, une tentative officielle doit \u00eatre r\u00e9serv\u00e9e pr\u00e8s de deux ans \u00e0 l&rsquo;avance. Mais un pilote leur propose exceptionnellement un cr\u00e9neau&#8230; seulement <strong data-start=\"2124\" data-end=\"2147\">huit mois plus tard<\/strong>. Le d\u00e9fi devient alors autant logistique que sportif.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d84d0b2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d84d0b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Huit mois pour pr\u00e9parer l'impossible<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b41a43c e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b41a43c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-273e6fa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"273e6fa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe49de9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe49de9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"2253\" data-end=\"2313\">La pr\u00e9paration ne consiste pas uniquement \u00e0 nager davantage. Elle repose sur plusieurs axes :<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8d5759 elementor-align-start elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"e8d5759\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8zm0 448c-110.5 0-200-89.5-200-200S145.5 56 256 56s200 89.5 200 200-89.5 200-200 200z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">d\u00e9velopper <b>l'endurance<\/b> <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8zm0 448c-110.5 0-200-89.5-200-200S145.5 56 256 56s200 89.5 200 200-89.5 200-200 200z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">s'habituer \u00e0 <b>l'eau<\/b> <b>froide<\/b><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8zm0 448c-110.5 0-200-89.5-200-200S145.5 56 256 56s200 89.5 200 200-89.5 200-200 200z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>organiser<\/b> toute la <b>s\u00e9curit\u00e9<\/b> autour de la tentative<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8zm0 448c-110.5 0-200-89.5-200-200S145.5 56 256 56s200 89.5 200 200-89.5 200-200 200z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">apprendre \u00e0 <b>g\u00e9rer<\/b> la <b>fatigue<\/b> sur plusieurs heures<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53cff53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"53cff53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbf071c elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"fbf071c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">\u00ab Je continue mon acclimatation en effectuant des bains d'eau froide entre 8 et 11 \u00b0C durant vingt minutes et je nage une heure dans une eau \u00e0 9 \u00b0C. \u00bb<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta elementor-has-image elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/open-swim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/images.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15331\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/open-swim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/images.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/open-swim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/images-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Romera<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">ses mots sur la pr\u00e9paration<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0645330 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0645330\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Traverser la Manche : bien plus que 34 kilom\u00e8tres<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5799f5 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5799f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"3122\" data-end=\"3223\">Sur une carte, la Manche semble mesurer seulement <strong data-start=\"3172\" data-end=\"3189\">34 kilom\u00e8tres<\/strong> entre Douvres et le Cap Gris-Nez.<\/p><p data-start=\"3225\" data-end=\"3252\">La r\u00e9alit\u00e9 est toute autre.<\/p><p data-start=\"3254\" data-end=\"3289\">Les nageurs doivent composer avec :<\/p><ul data-start=\"3291\" data-end=\"3388\"><li data-start=\"3291\" data-end=\"3305\">les mar\u00e9es ;<\/li><li data-start=\"3306\" data-end=\"3322\">les courants ;<\/li><li data-start=\"3323\" data-end=\"3336\">les vents ;<\/li><li data-start=\"3337\" data-end=\"3388\">les trajectoires impos\u00e9es par le trafic maritime.<\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"3390\" data-end=\"3472\">Au final, la distance r\u00e9ellement parcourue atteint souvent <strong data-start=\"3449\" data-end=\"3471\">40 \u00e0 50 kilom\u00e8tres<\/strong>.<\/p><p data-start=\"3474\" data-end=\"3532\">En <strong data-start=\"3477\" data-end=\"3490\">eau libre<\/strong>, il ne suffit jamais de nager tout droit.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29ca9bd e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"29ca9bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58c69fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"58c69fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b35df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36b35df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"3583\" data-end=\"3650\">Le <strong data-start=\"3586\" data-end=\"3604\">8 juillet 2018<\/strong>, l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe atteint finalement le Cap Gris-Nez.<\/p><p data-start=\"3652\" data-end=\"3682\"><strong data-start=\"3652\" data-end=\"3682\">\u23f1\ufe0f Temps final : 10 h 18 min.<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"3684\" data-end=\"3794\">Trois heures pass\u00e9es \u00e0 lutter contre un courant d\u00e9favorable emp\u00eachent le quatuor de battre le record du monde.<\/p><p data-start=\"3796\" data-end=\"3880\">Pour autant, l&rsquo;objectif principal est atteint : vivre une exp\u00e9rience exceptionnelle.<\/p><p data-start=\"3882\" data-end=\"3919\">Comme le r\u00e9sume Alain Simac-Lejeune :<\/p><blockquote data-start=\"3921\" data-end=\"3970\"><p data-start=\"3923\" data-end=\"3970\"><strong>\u00ab C&rsquo;est quelque chose d&rsquo;incroyable \u00e0 vivre. \u00bb<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ed3e24 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ed3e24\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4977840 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4977840\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/open-swim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/frederic-romera-vincent-leblond-gilles-grabski-et-alain-simac-lejeune-sont-fin-prets-pour-la-traversee-de-la-manche-en-relais-1530204969-768x384.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-15335\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/open-swim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/frederic-romera-vincent-leblond-gilles-grabski-et-alain-simac-lejeune-sont-fin-prets-pour-la-traversee-de-la-manche-en-relais-1530204969-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/open-swim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/frederic-romera-vincent-leblond-gilles-grabski-et-alain-simac-lejeune-sont-fin-prets-pour-la-traversee-de-la-manche-en-relais-1530204969-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/open-swim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/frederic-romera-vincent-leblond-gilles-grabski-et-alain-simac-lejeune-sont-fin-prets-pour-la-traversee-de-la-manche-en-relais-1530204969.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-124e62e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"124e62e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vous voulez en savoir plus ? retrouvez l&rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ledauphine.com\/drome\/2018\/06\/29\/ils-vont-traverser-la-manche-a-la-nage-zxas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article du Dauphin\u00e9 juste ici<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3509b7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3509b7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ce que la Manche nous apprend sur l'eau libre<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5ad3cd elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5ad3cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>La travers\u00e9e de la Manche symbolise tout ce qui fait la beaut\u00e9 de la <strong data-start=\"4096\" data-end=\"4121\">natation en eau libre<\/strong> :<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80d2dd5 elementor-align-start elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"80d2dd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8zm0 448c-110.5 0-200-89.5-200-200S145.5 56 256 56s200 89.5 200 200-89.5 200-200 200z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>l'endurance<\/b> <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8zm0 448c-110.5 0-200-89.5-200-200S145.5 56 256 56s200 89.5 200 200-89.5 200-200 200z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>l'humilit\u00e9 face aux \u00e9l\u00e9ments <\/b> <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8zm0 448c-110.5 0-200-89.5-200-200S145.5 56 256 56s200 89.5 200 200-89.5 200-200 200z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>la gestion des impr\u00e9vus<\/b> <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8zm0 448c-110.5 0-200-89.5-200-200S145.5 56 256 56s200 89.5 200 200-89.5 200-200 200z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>l'esprit d'\u00e9quipe<\/b><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8zm0 448c-110.5 0-200-89.5-200-200S145.5 56 256 56s200 89.5 200 200-89.5 200-200 200z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>le d\u00e9passement de soi<\/b><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8zm0 448c-110.5 0-200-89.5-200-200S145.5 56 256 56s200 89.5 200 200-89.5 200-200 200z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>la capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00e9voluer dans un environnement naturel<\/b> <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d99a5e elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d99a5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bien plus qu&rsquo;une course contre le chronom\u00e8tre, c&rsquo;est une <strong>aventure humaine<\/strong> o\u00f9 chaque coup de bras rapproche un peu plus du rivage<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3603bf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3603bf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">En conclusion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa297ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa297ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"4401\" data-end=\"4702\">Depuis plus d&rsquo;un si\u00e8cle, la <span style=\"background-color: #fede6f; border-radius: 1000px; padding-left: 0.25em; padding-right: 0.25em;\"><strong>travers\u00e9e de la Manche \u00e0 la nage<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0fait r\u00eaver les passionn\u00e9s d&rsquo;<strong data-start=\"4494\" data-end=\"4507\">eau libre<\/strong>. Qu&rsquo;il s&rsquo;agisse de battre un record ou simplement de relever un d\u00e9fi personnel, elle rappelle que la plus belle victoire n&rsquo;est pas toujours celle du temps r\u00e9alis\u00e9, mais celle d&rsquo;avoir os\u00e9 partir.<\/p><p data-start=\"4704\" data-end=\"4717\"><strong data-start=\"4704\" data-end=\"4717\">Et vous ?<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"4719\" data-end=\"4899\">Avez-vous d\u00e9j\u00e0 particip\u00e9 \u00e0 une travers\u00e9e en <strong data-start=\"4763\" data-end=\"4776\">eau libre<\/strong> ou r\u00e9alis\u00e9 un d\u00e9fi en milieu naturel ? N&rsquo;h\u00e9sitez pas \u00e0 partager votre exp\u00e9rience : chaque aventure m\u00e9rite d&rsquo;\u00eatre racont\u00e9e.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La travers\u00e9e de la Manche \u00e0 la nage est l&rsquo;un des plus grands d\u00e9fis de la natation en eau libre. Entre les courants, le froid, les mar\u00e9es et une distance pouvant d\u00e9passer 40 kilom\u00e8tres, cette aventure attire chaque ann\u00e9e des nageurs du monde entier. En 2018, Alain Simac-Lejeune et trois compagnons se sont lanc\u00e9 un [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[211],"tags":[217,317,445],"class_list":["post-15324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews","tag-eau-libre","tag-histoire","tag-recit"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/open-swim.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/open-swim.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/open-swim.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/open-swim.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/open-swim.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15324"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/open-swim.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15351,"href":"https:\/\/open-swim.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15324\/revisions\/15351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/open-swim.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/open-swim.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/open-swim.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/open-swim.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}