A woman who swam the Bristol Channel between Penarth and Clevedon is hoping to be named the fastest Briton to do so. Mairi Benton, from Bristol, is waiting for ratification after completing the feat ...

After months of training, a local woman finished her swim across the English Channel. “After months of training, Amy just completed her swim across the English Channel, accomplishing the feat in ...

The open-water triple crown also consists of the 28.5-mile 20 Bridges Manhattan swim and the 20.7-mile Catalina Channel, which she swam last June and September, respectively.

“After months of training, Amy just completed her swim across the English Channel, accomplishing the feat in 16 hours, 56 minutes, and 40 seconds!” the village wrote.

A lifelong competitive swimmer, Wamsley “carried the dream” of swimming the English Channel for 38 years, having decided at age 12 that she would swim the channel by age 50, she previously ...