Jo Whiley 'thought she was going to die' in horrific under water panic attack

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When at school, Radio 2 host Jo Whiley swam for her county. So you might imagine the water part of her upcoming Sport Relief triathlon challenge wouldn’t faze her the least.

But you’d be wrong. Because it’s the swimming that worries Jo, 54, the most – in case it triggers a panic attack. “I did my first triathlon at Blenheim last summer and when I got into the water I went too fast and suddenly couldn’t breathe,” recalls Jo, who sets out tomorrow to attempt three triathlons in three nations (Wales, Scotland and England) in just three days. “There was this terrible panic which I had never experienced before,” she says. “I thought, ‘this is it, I’m going to sink to the bottom of the lake’.