Did World's Largest Swimming Lesson Break Record?

The final numbers won't be in for at least a couple weeks, but organizers of the fourth annual World's Largest Swimming Lesson™ expect that Tuesday's global event attracted a world record 35,000 participants at more than 700 locations in more than a dozen countries. (In 2012, WLSL set a new world record with 24,873 participants.) The event coordinates a simultaneous half-hour session, overseen by Guinness World Records, to raise drowning awareness and the importance of basic swimming skills.

"The World's Largest Swimming Lesson is a great way to send the message swimming lessons save lives," said Janet Evans, four-time Olympic gold medalist, who joined 800-plus swimmers and fellow Olympic gold medalist Misty Hyman at Big Surf Waterpark in Tempe, Ariz., in an attempt to beat the previous Guinness World Record (set in 2011) of 611 participants for the single largest WLSL location.

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