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In the United States and Canada, Night Swim was projected to gross $9–11 million from 3,250 theaters in its opening weekend. [2] The film made $5.2 million on its first day, including $1.45 million from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $12 million, finishing second behind holdover Wonka. [17]
Young Woman and the Sea is a 2024 American biographical sports film directed by Joachim Rønning and written by Jeff Nathanson, based on the 2009 book by Glenn Stout.Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films, the film stars Daisy Ridley as Gertrude Ederle, an American competitive swimmer who became the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
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
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 ...
Both the Teletoon at Night and the Adult Swim blocks were discontinued as part of the channel's launch. [14] The network would launch with a two-month free preview, while full episodes of the channel's programming were made free to watch on-demand until January 2020. [15] [14] Shows announced for the channel's launch included Rick and Morty ...
Shirley May France (August 11, 1932 – March 18, 2012) was, at the time, the youngest woman to attempt to swim the English Channel, although her three attempts in 1949 and 1950 were unsuccessful. [1] [2] [3] She was born in Fall River, Massachusetts. [4] She was the first woman to swim across Lake George in the U.S. states of New York and Vermont.
Thomas William Burgess (15 June 1872 – 2 July 1950) was the second person to successfully complete a swim of the English Channel after Matthew Webb., after 16 attempts. [1] Burgess was British but spent most of his life in France, and won a bronze medal with the French water polo team at the 1900 Olympics .
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