ENGLISH CHANNEL SWIMMER
peruvian's successful attempt Eeeeived Priday, 7 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 4. The Peruvian, Daniel Carpio, began a swim of the English Channel from Cape Griz Nez at 9.45 a.m. today. Carpio reached Shakespeare Beach, Dover, just before 1 a.m. His official time for swimming the Channel was SXfi minutes. The Prenchman, G. Miehel, liolds the record of (1(55 minutes. Strong tides made the swim difficult. Carpio wtfs within live miles of the English coast for nearly eiglit hours. Carpio, who swam the crawl strokc throughout, said the last few hundred i. yards were the worst. He was thei Ifeeling ill, having swallowed a lot of water. His only food while in tlp water was glueose, hot water, crushed grapes and sugar.
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 September 1947, Page 5
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