For two weeks in 1926, a woman held the world speed record for swimming across the English Channel. On August 6, American Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle swam from France to England in 14 hours 31 ...

Young Woman and the Sea is a biographical film based on American swimmer Gertrude Ederle, who achieved the feat of swimming across the English Channel. This was considered the toughest challenge ...

Star Wars alum Daisy Ridley swaps a lightsaber for swim goggles in Disney's Young Woman and the Sea, Joachim Rønning's biopic about American swimmer Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle. Adapted from ...

A swimming cap designed for Black swimmers’ hair has been approved for competitive races after it was banned from the Tokyo Olympics last year. The International Swimming Federation ...

The year before, the company had applied to swimming’s world governing body, FINA, to approve the cap for international competition. But about a month before Dearing was set to compete in the ...

On August 6, 1926, American swimmer Gertrude 'Trudy' Ederle took on an unthinkable challenge that would change the landscape of women's sport forever. Trudy started swimming competitively as a ...

In August 1926, American champion swimmer Gertrude ... Ridley as Ederle. The daughter of a butcher in Manhattan, Ederle learned to swim in New Jersey and joined the Women's Swimming Association ...