A Paralympic gold medallist became the first blind woman to swim across the English Channel – and says that ... “I never thought it would be possible to achieve something like this.

“That’s when we knew it was possible.” From there ... there are plenty of things that can scuttle a swim across the English Channel. Things like bad weather, choppy water, commercial ...

who in 1926 became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. For the uninitiated, the film took nearly 10 years to complete with various talent attached, multiple studios involved and ...

Image: Gertrude Ederle enters the water with body greased and wearing goggles for the start of her record-breaking swim across the English Channel With the Paris Olympics later this month ...

Maya Merhige swam the English Channel in 11 hours and 39 minutes on Saturday, July 13 Chris Merhige and Kelly Gentry for Swim Across America Maya Merhige made quite a splash with her latest ...

She’s already swum from San Francisco to Alcatraz, and has eyed the English Channel since she was 12. A Yellow Springs woman is planning to swim across the English Channel, both for her 50th ...

Right now, she’s training to swim the English Channel — some 21 miles ... but the idea is to try to come up with ways to save as many creatures as possible when the next inevitable algae bloom hits.

That is what Maya Merhige, 17, went through for 11 hours and 39 minutes this month as she swam roughly 23 miles across the English Channel, from England to France. The swim earned her the Triple ...