BBCNEWS BBC News at Six October 13, 2021 17:29:00
Branwenjeffreys, bbc news, birmingham. swimming the channel once is tough enough. but the australian endurance swimmer chloe mccardel has just done if for the 44th time, breaking the world record. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson reports. dover, 4am. the english channel's out there... somewhere. just follow chloe mccardel on her 44th crossing, 21 miles against tide and cold. her progress was tracked by satellite but the challenge hasn't changed since the silent '20s when the great gertrude ederle of the usa was the first woman to do it. there's £2000 in cash prizes... by the 1950s, there w...
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