Stormy seas scupper Steve’s bid to swim seven oceans

Jinxed extreme swimmer Steve Redmond was yesterday coming to terms with the prospect of returning to Ireland without completing his history-making Seven Oceans challenge.

The 46-year-old, from Ballydehob in West Cork, was yesterday forced to abandon what would have been his fourth attempt to swim the gruelling Tsugaru Strait in Japan, the last channel on his list, because of bad weather.

With conditions unlikely to improve in the coming days, it means frustrated Steve — whose third attempt to cross the treacherous 27km channel was derailed at the halfway stage by strong currents earlier this week — will once again have to postpone his record-breaking swim.