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Up to 1927, fewer than ten swimmers (including the first woman, Gertrude Ederle in 1926) had managed to successfully swim the English Channel, and many dubious claims had been made. The Channel Swimming Association (CSA) was founded to authenticate and ratify swimmers' claims to have swum the Channel and to verify crossing times.
Though pitted by troughs and rivers, the English Channel was almost mainly land at the height of the last ice age. [6] The predominant geology of both and of the seafloor is chalk. Although somewhat resistant to erosion, erosion of both coasts has created the famous white cliffs of Dover in the UK and the Cap Blanc Nez in France.
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Heather Roka became the 10th American to swim the two-way English Channel crossing. “The toughest people do the English Channel." Florida woman swims English Channel and back in 25 hours, a rare ...
According to the official rules of swimming the English Channel, all support staff must stay on the pilot’s boat and only hand the swimmer water and food via a pole, being careful to not make ...
First Norwegian to swim the English Channel England to France China Zhang Jian 2001 11:56 First person from China to swim the English Channel. [44] [45] [46] England to France Barbados Chris Gibbs 2003 11:30 First person from a Caribbean country to swim the English Channel. Aged 58, and member of The Merrymen Calypso band. [47] England to France
The Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming is a marathon swimming challenge consisting of three historically important swims: The English Channel , 33 kilometres (21 mi) between France and England The Catalina Channel , 32.5 kilometres (20.2 mi) between Catalina Island and the California mainland
Module:Location map/data/English Channel is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of English Channel. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.