She decided to swim across the EnglishChannel before she retired. If she could make it, shewould be the first person in the world who did it.In this paragraph, the underlined word “it" refers toA. being retiredB. swimming across the English ChannelC. swimming towards the bankD. setting...
It has been shown that women were faster than men in the ‘Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming’ with ‘Catalina Channel Swim’, ‘English Channel Swim’ and ‘Manhattan Island Marathon Swim’ [8]. However, in the 5 km, 10 km and 25 km FINA races, men were faster than women in all...
In one of the few previous studies about open water swimmers, it was demonstrated that most of the athletes who participated in the English Channel Crossing between 1875 and 2013, were from Great Britain, the United States of America (USA), Australia and Ireland [15], and the fastest swim ...