Ultramarathon swimmer joined by seal during record-breaking swim across Channel from hypoventilation and co2 levels Watch Video

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An ultramarathon swimmer was joined by a seal during her record-breaking swim across the English Channel.<br/> <br/>Eva Buzo, 37, was training for an endurance swim from Italy to Albania when a friendly seal joined her on her grueling journey.<br/> <br/>Eva set off from Shakespeare Beach, Dover, at 11:15pm on June 5, making her the first woman to ever swim the channel this early in the year.<br/> <br/>Eva was roughly four hours her journey, fighting against the biting 13-degree water, when a seal swam directly underneath her and popped its head up in front of her.<br/> <br/>Eva nicknamed the seal Trudy after Trudy Ederle who, in 1926, was the first woman to swim the English Channel.<br/> <br/>Eva, a barrister and executive director at Victim Advocates International, said: \