Battle of the beach belles: New movie tells 1920s saga of two women who competed to swim the Channel
Share The 26-year-old typist, who had nearly been run down by a steamer, had been fed grapes, honey, cocoa and tea from the lone rowing boat accompanying her. She had little time to enjoy her fame, however. Within four days another British woman claimed she, too, had completed the swim – in a time more than two hours faster. There were even pictures of her sipping champagne at the finish. So just two weeks later, Miss Gleitze got back in the chilly Channel waters in a bid to reclaim her place in the history books. The story of their rivalry is the subject of a film, Vindication Swim, being ...
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