Daring Exercise As Man Swims Across Third Mainland Bridge For Mental Health Awareness

• The swimmer is Akinrodoye Samuel, a Nigerian athlete.

• He is also known as Coach Dreh.

• The athlete swam for 2 hours 33 minutes in a mental health advocacy.

Eko Hot Blog reports that Akinrodoye Samuel, the Nigerian athlete better known as Coach Dreh, has swum across 11.8 kilometres-long water of the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos State, to raise awareness on mental health.

The professional swimming coach embarked on the exercise from Oworonshoki, Mainland, to Adeniji Adenle on the Island, on Saturday morning.

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Coach Dreh, the CEO of Ocean 28 Swimming Academy, swam for 2 hours 33 minutes to complete his breath-taking exercise.

He was accompanied by some of his friends and colleagues who cheered him throughout the process.

In a statement before the exercise, Coach Dreh said his 10-year career as a swimmer could “help me do anything and become anything”.

He also urged people battling with their mental health “to ask for help”.

“I am going to be swimming the entire length of the Lagos Third Mainland Bridge to raise awareness and sensitize the public on mental health, suicide, and depression. It is 11.8 kilometres from Mainland, Oworonshoki to Island to Adeniji Adenle,” he said.

“My years of experience in the aquatic realm is over a decade. And swimming for me, I can do anything and become anything I want to do with it.

“Mental health is a course that I am passionate about. Life can be very tough and I think it is okay to ask for help. Your life can stay positively within a twinkle of an eye. Stay alive to witness it.”

2 hours, 33 minutes of none stop swimming!

That’s how long it took Coach Drey to swim the entire length of the Third Mainland Bridge.

He swam to raise awareness for mental health (specifically suicide and depression)

Absolute Legend! pic.twitter.com/eiGR7jPblP

— The Great Abisola (@AbisolaAlawode) March 30, 2024

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The exercise was supported by the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA).

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