"It's a tough swim, it's a real gut check - we have to rescue people every year," Redman, 50, who will complete the event for the third time, told The Post. "Even Michael Phelps couldn't swim against that current."
"The opportunity . . . was kind of taken away from me. I would like that to be reinstated. I would just like the outcome to be determined by the merits instead of by some sort of technicality."