On Friday she will restart her challenge, which she is aiming to complete over the next 10 days. Wendy's biggest achievement was swimming the English Channel in 2003.

Here, Scott exclusively tells Khaleej Times about this freezing feat that sees only 20 per cent of Channel swimmers make it to the other side. Why are you undertaking a swim of the English Channel?

Hassan Baraka became the first Moroccan swimmer to successfully cross the English Channel (between England and France), covering a distance of 55 km, marking the greatest challenge of his career.

Family photo In 2022 he completed the Catalina Chanel swim with Graham Walton Each one of the swimming challenges has presented its own difficulties. The 20.5 mile (33km) English Channel swim saw ...

Elaine Burrows Dillane, Aisling Brosnan, Caroline Corkery and Sandra Martin completed a successful relay swim of the 33km long English ... swimmer, she told The Kerryman that crossing the Channel ...