{"id":1397,"date":"2022-01-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/werocksport.com\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2022-01-04T09:34:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T08:34:49","slug":"les-traversees-a-la-nage-les-plus-mythiques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/werocksport.com\/en\/les-traversees-a-la-nage-les-plus-mythiques\/","title":{"rendered":"The most mythical swims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether it's crossing the English Channel, a strait or an ocean, these are the feats that the world's toughest swimmers are accomplishing on all the world's seas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The historical crossing of the English Channel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Frenchman Steve Stievenart wrote a new page in the history of the Channel crossing. The 43-year-old became the first French swimmer to complete the double crossing. It took him 34 hours and 45 minutes to cover the distance from the British beach of Samphire Hoe, near Dover, to Audinghen in the Pas-de-Calais and back. The Channel crossing is probably the most mythical of the great swimming crossings. It was in 1875 that the feat was achieved for the first time by a man. The British Matthew Webb took 21 hours to reach the French coast. Since then, many people have attempted the crossing. The record is held by the Australian Trent Grimsey in 6 hours 55 minutes, while the women's record is 7 hours 25 minutes and belongs to the Czech Yvetta Hlav\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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