SWIMMING
NEW WORLD'S RECORD Berlin, May 9. At Magdeburg, Fraulein Hilde Schrader created a new world’s record for the breast-stroke, 400 metres, in Gmin. 48 4-5 see. The previous record was Baron s 6 iniu. 54 4-osce. CHANNEL SWIMMER TO COMPETE IN AUSTRALIA. (Australian Press Assn,—United Service.) Paris, May 9. The Channel swimmer, Georges Michel, accompanied by another long-distance swimmer, Chretien, is going to Australia to compete in the marathons. Both swimmers will compete in Germany before goinc to Australia. , I Michel swam the Channel on September 10, 1920, in record time, llhr.;smiu.J
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 188, 11 May 1928, Page 13
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