Grandad, 82, told he may never walk again smashes two world records in gruelling water marathon

Tony Fahey takes to the water on a specially designed ‘aqua elliptica’ for a 24-hour challenge that saw him smash multiple world records

An 82-year-old grandfather has raised thousands for sick children after completing a gruelling 24-hour water marathon and breaking two world records.

Tony Fahey, from Cheshire, recruited a four-person team of two sons and two grandchildren and worked with a designer to build a human-powered watercraft he describes as ‘a boat with a cross-trainer on it’.

The team planned to take turns in two-hour shifts but Tony himself took on the first leg and smashed his own personal best with a stretch of 2hrs 20mins, during which time he covered an impressive five miles — the longest any of the team did in one hit — and scooped him two world records.

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